Nation ready to boost friendship with Myanmar

Premier hails fraternal bond, says Beijing supports neighbor's transition process

China supports Myanmar in advancing its political reconciliation and transition process, and is willing to steadily promote construction of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor under the framework of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday.

Li made the remarks in Kunming, Yunnan province, during a meeting with Myanmar's leader Min Aung Hlaing, who is in China to attend the eighth Greater Mekong Subregion Summit.

Li and leaders of the five Mekong countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam are to meet on Thursday for the summit.