U Zaw Htay, director of the President’s Office, told The Myanmar Times yesterday that the Tatmadaw would not be involved in the exercises. Myanmar had given its consent to China to go ahead with the operation, he said.
Myanmar’s close relations with China have been sorely tested by the four-month border conflict, which has driven tens of thousands of mostly ethnic Chinese civilians out of the Kokang region. China has repeatedly warned the Tatmadaw against shelling and bombing its territory, while Myanmar has called on China to tighten border security to stop supplies of food and weapons reaching rebels of the Kokang Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA).
U Zaw Htay said he did not see the exercises as a warning to the Tatmadaw, however. “It is just normal practising. I think this exercise is a threat to the MNDAA,” he said.
For weeks official media have reported a series of heavy Tatmadaw offensives against the retreating MNDAA forces, which are said to be penned against the mountainous border. The Tatmadaw said it had captured more hill posts with artillery barrages and air strikes to the north of Laukkai on May 31.
A source close to the MNDAA said the Chinese war games could be interpreted as a warning to both the rebels and the Tatmadaw. He recalled that a Tatmadaw warplane had killed five Chinese villagers on March 13 while artillery fire had wounded five villagers on the Chinese side on May 14.
Myanmar apologised for the first incident and is investigating the latter.
According to map coordinates issued by China, the exercises will cover a stretch of border territory from where the Thanlwin River, also known as the Salween, crosses from Yunnan province into northern Shan State, skirting the Kokang reg 作者: 华人之声 时间: 2015-6-2 15:54
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