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Xi meets Suu Kyi, vows for Myanmar's peace process

China on Friday vowed to play "a constructive role" in promoting Myanmar's peace process after the country's iconic leader Aung San Suu Kyi held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and sought Beijing's support for negotiations with armed groups.During his meeting with Suu Kyi, Xi pledged that China will "continue to play a constructive role" in promoting Myanmar's peace process and work with Naypyidaw to safeguard peace and stability in their border areas.For her part, the 71-year-old de facto leader of Myanmar, who was under house arrest for over one and half decade under the Beijing- backed military regime, told Xi, "We do believe that as a good neighbour China will do everything possible to promote our peace process.""China, as a neighbour which shares a very important border along which there are many ethnic armed groups, is important in its goodwill," she was quoted as saying by the state-run Xinhua news agency.China is attaching a lot of importance to Suu Kyi's visit and has

Myanmar to launch single-stop inspection at borders

System is aimed at preventing illegal trade and boosting country's revenue collected from border trade

Thousands displaced due to floods in Myanmar

The highway leading west from Yangon to Pathein, the capital of the Ayeyarwady region, was inundated at several places

Myanmar's Suu Kyi sets date for crunch peace talks

Suu Kyi wants to thrash out a deal on greater federal autonomy for ethnic groups in exchange for peace

38 people die of unknown disease in Myanmar

Vaccination is being conducted against the disease to contain the pandemic

138 Myanmar detainees in Malaysia set to return home

At present, 2,294 Myanmarese nationals are detained in 11 camps in Malayasia

Measles behind Myanmar outbreak that has killed 30

The outbreak has struck the far corner of Myanmar's northern Sagaing region, a remote and mountainous area which borders eastern India

Myanmar military admits killing five civilians in Shan State, promises action against perpetrators

The Shan State has been torn by conflicts between the Tatmadaw and several ethnic armed groups in recent years

Specialised task force announced to combat religious violence in Myanmar

Local rights groups welcomed the announcement, calls it a badly needed force in the country

Severe flooding hits Myanmar, over 6,000 affected

People residing in the low-lying areas were evacuated to higher grounds and sheltered at monasteries

Anti-Muslim protests disrupt normal life in Myanmar's Rakhine State

Home to about a million stateless Muslims, who self-identify as Rohingyas & are reviled by Rakhine Buddhists

Buddhist mob sets fire to Muslim prayer hall in Myanmar

Sectarian violence in Myanmar broke out in 2012 following the gangrape and murder of a Buddhist woman by three Muslim men

Development work in Myanmar should supplement reconciliation: India

India's cumulative commitment to the country's development through the development partnership programme is over $1.75 billion

Religious tensions bristle in Myanmar after mosque destroyed

The worst religious violence struck central Myanmar and western Rakhine State, which is home to the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority

Comm Min for greater border trade with Myanmar

India's trade with Myanmar reached over $2 billion in 2014, with exports from India accounting for more than half of the trade

Myanmar tries to attract investment in less developed regions

The agricultural sector will be given priority for such investment, said officials of the department

Letters: Lessons from Myanmar

With reference to Shankar Acharya's article, "A tiger cub in the neighbourhood" (May 12), on importance of agriculture in Myanmar's economic growth, India can learn important lessons from that country

Suu Kyi aide Htin Kyaw sworn in as Myanmar president in historic power shift

Suu Kyi holds a clutch of cabinet positions including that of foreign minister

Myanmar to form new election commission

The country parliament on Monday approved the formation of a five-member new Union EC to handle affairs of the next general election 5 yrs later.

Myanmar gets its first public listing

First Myanmar, Myanmar Citizens Bank and Myanmar Thilawa SEZ are among the initial batch of six companies approved for listing