Myanmar apologizes for bombing
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MYANMAR has apologized for a bomb that dropped on Chinese territory last month killing five people, China’s foreign ministry said yesterday.
The incident, for which China said Myanmar had accepted responsibility, happened during clashes between Myanmar forces and a rebel group calling itself the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army.
Thousands of refugees have fled to China as fighting flared on the Myanmar side of the border in the past month or so.
Angered by the deaths in Yunnan Province, China warned of a “decisive” response should there be any repetition.
Meeting his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin in Beijing yesterday, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said a joint investigation had clearly ascertained what had happened.
A statement on the ministry’s website said Lwin had expressed regret over the incident. It quoted him as saying that Myanmar accepted the findings of the investigation into the March 13 bombing and will discuss compensation for the victims.
“Myanmar will punish those responsible according to the law and strengthen internal management to prevent the occurrence of similar incidents in future,” Lwin was quoted as saying. He said Myanmar will work with China to ensure stability along their 2,000-kilometer border, according to the statement.
Myanmar presidential spokesman Ye Htut confirmed the Beijing meeting but declined to comment on the Chinese statement.
“We have officially expressed our regrets about the casualties, but I am confident that this incident will not affect Myanmar-China friendly relations,” Ye Htut told The Associated Press.
Myanmar had originally rejected China’s claim that a Myanmar plane dropped the bomb, although it agreed to the joint investigation.
The MNDAA, led by ethnic Chinese commander Peng Jiasheng, was formed from remnants of the Communist Party of Burma that battled the Myanmar government until it splintered in 1989.
The group struck a truce with the government which lasted until 2009, when government troops took over their region in a conflict that pushed tens of thousands of refugees into Yunnan.
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