BEIJING — China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will hold talks with Myanmar’s junta chief, a top Myanmar general said on Tuesday, during a Southeast Asian trip this week that also includes Thailand.
China’s foreign ministry said earlier that Wang would travel to Myanmar and Thailand from Wednesday until Saturday and co-chair a regional foreign ministers’ forum.
A senior Myanmar military official, who requested anonymity in order to talk to the media, said Wang would hold talks in Myanmar with junta chief Min Aung Hlaing.
However, Wang would not meet democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi,…