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China Promises Myanmar 300,000 Vaccine Doses

Aung Naing Soe

   YANGON, MYANMAR - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has promised to
   provide Myanmar with 300,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine, according to
   the website of State Counselor and de facto head of state Aung San Suu
   Kyi.

   The site said Wang also pledged during a visit to Naypyitaw this week
   that China will maintain momentum on a number of bilateral projects.

   Wang's visit Monday came as part of a Southeast Asia tour extending
   through Saturday that includes Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.
   This was Myanmar's first diplomatic visit since last year's election,
   in which Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party secured a
   majority of seats in the legislature.

   It was Wang's fifth visit to Myanmar since the NLD first won elections
   in 2015. He participated in Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit here a
   year ago, when the two countries signed more than 30 bilateral
   agreements.

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