Key facts
- China's foreign ministry said Wang Yi supported Myanmar's government in achieving political reconciliation.
- Wang Yi said Thailand and China should boost efforts to tackle gambling and telecommunications fraud, per ministry statements.
- Thailand and China have worked to combat illegal call centers along Thailand's borders with Myanmar and Cambodia.
- Myanmar's military-backed government is run by the former general who led the 2021 coup, which triggered a civil war.
- The United Nations estimates the civil war in Myanmar has killed 100,000 people and displaced more than 3.5 million.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held separate meetings with officials from Thailand, Laos and Myanmar on November 3, according to a Reuters report from Shanghai. The meetings come as China, the world's second largest economy, moves to expand relations with its Southeast Asian neighbors.
China's foreign ministry said in statements that Wang expressed support for Myanmar's government in achieving political reconciliation. Myanmar's military-backed government is run by the former general who led a 2021 coup, which triggered a civil war. The United Nations estimates the conflict has killed 100,000 people and displaced more than 3.5 million.
Wang also said Thailand and China should boost efforts to tackle gambling and telecommunications fraud. The two countries have worked to combat fast-growing networks of illegal call centers along Thailand's border with Myanmar and Cambodia, often staffed by trafficked workers, that aim to defraud people through phone and online scams.