JAKARTA -- When a delegation of senior Myanmar military officers held face-to-face talks with representatives from six ethnic minority militias last month in the northeast border city of Mongla in Shan state, they were joined by people from outside the country.
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Myanmar military officials attend a commissioning ceremony of a submarine gifted by China in December. (Photo courtesy of Myanmar's Ministry of Information)
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