Myanmar and China to cooperate on economic corridor

Suu Kyi seeks closer ties with Xi amid condemnation over Rohingya crisis

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Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 16.

YUICHI NITTA, Nikkei staff writer

YANGON -- Myanmar and China agreed Friday to build an economic corridor between the two countries, furthering Naypyitaw's efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing as criticism over the Rohingya refugee crisis pushes it away from the West.

The idea was proposed at a meeting between Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

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