China brokers ceasefire between Myanmar military and rebel alliance
中国促成缅军与反叛武装联盟停火
Beijing’s mediation follows growing concern about civil war near its southern border
中国外交部称，双方代表在昆明举行和谈后同意“立即停火止战，军事人员脱离接触”，并“承诺不损害中方边民和在缅项目人员的安全”。
Beijing has brokered a “formal ceasefire” between Myanmar’s military and a rebel guerrilla alliance in the south-east Asian country, as the civil war near China’s southern border tests its ability to mediate in foreign conflicts.
经中国斡旋，缅甸军方已与这个东南亚国家的反叛游击队联盟达成“正式停火”。在靠近中国南部边境的地带发生的缅甸内战，正在考验中国调解境外冲突的能力。
Beijing’s foreign ministry said representatives from the Myanmar military, which took power in a coup in February 2021, and from the rebel alliance agreed to “an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of military personnel” at talks in China’s south-western city of Kunming.
缅甸军方在2021年2月发动政变后掌权。中国外交部表示，缅军和反叛联盟双方的代表在中国西南部城市昆明举行了和谈，同意“立即停火止战，军事人员脱离接触”。
“They committed to not harming the safety of Chinese border residents and personnel involved in projects in Myanmar,” the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.News agencies quoted the Myanmar military government as confirming it had agreed a “temporary ceasefire”.
“双方承诺不损害中方边民和在缅项目人员安全。”中国外交部上周五表示。新闻机构援引缅甸军政府的消息来源证实，其已同意“临时停火”。
