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China, Japan to cooperate on solution to Myanmar crisis amid international outcry
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 28 - 09 - 2007


Myanmar's deadly military crackdown
prompted protests and warnings from the reclusive nation's
Asian neighbors, with China and Japan agreeing Friday to
join efforts to help end the strife, reported ap.
Southeast Asian nations issued a statement expressing
«revulsion» over the violence and urged the military
government to seek a political solution. Officials in
neighboring Thailand said airplanes were on standby to
evacuate foreigners in case the condition deteriorated.
In Geneva, diplomats said the U.N. Human Rights Council
would call an emergency session on Myanmar after a petition
led by Western countries gained the support of one third of
the body's 47 nations.
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said he agreed in a
phone conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao
to work together on international efforts to solve the
crisis.
«I asked that China, given its close ties with Myanmar,
exercise its influence (to help solve the current crisis)
and Premier Wen said he will make such efforts,» Fukuda
told reporters in Tokyo on Friday.
China is Myanmar's main economic and political ally, while
Japan is its largest aid donor.
At least 10 people have been killed in two days of
violence in Myanmar's largest cities, including a Japanese
cameraman who was shot when soldiers with automatic rifles
fired into crowds demanding an end to 45 years of military
rule.
Exile groups say the toll could be much higher.
Daily demonstrations that started Aug. 19 have grown into
the stiffest challenge to the ruling generals in two
decades.
Hundreds of people have been arrested, snatched from their
beds at night or pummeled with batons, witnesses and
diplomats said, with the junta ignoring international
appeals for restraint.
China has so far refused to intervene, calling the
protests an internal affair that didn't threaten regional
or global stability, the criteria for action by the U.N.
Security Council.
However, Peking University Southeast Asia expert Liang
Yingming said China needed a stable Myanmar to ensure order
on its southern flank and the delivery of oil supplies via
a cross-border pipeline.
«China's diplomacy is more pragmatic. They are concerned
mainly about securing a government that is friendly toward
China to protect their interests in Myanmar
However, Liang said the international community may be
overestimating China's influence over the regime, echoing
earlier statements by Chinese academics and diplomats.
China's Foreign Ministry on Friday issued a notice urging
citizens traveling to Myanmar to exercise caution and
reconsider their travel plans. A woman who answered the
phone at the ministry's news division said she did not know
of any plans to evacuate Chinese citizens from Myanmar.


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