“Beijing didn’t respond to the junta’s invitation and no date or attendance was set,” said Michael Ng, a former official in the Hong Kong government who has close diplomatic connections in Southeast Asia. Myanmar’s military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, China’s Li, and leaders from the five Southeast Asian countries were expected to attend.īut the summit never happened when China failed to respond to an invitation. Holding the LMC’s rotating chair in 2022, Myanmar was expected to host a summit of the organisation towards the end of last year, two sources familiar with planning for the event told Al Jazeera. The Mekong is also known as the Lancang in the parts of China through which it passes from its source on the Tibetan Plateau. Keep reading list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Military-ruled Myanmar marks 75 years independent of Britain list 2 of 4 Myanmar’s military honours anti-Muslim monk, frees prisoners list 3 of 4 Myanmar’s military holds election talks with armed ethnic groups list 4 of 4 Myanmar jails 112 Rohingya who tried to leave country end of listĮstablished and led by China to promote “regional peace, stability and prosperity”, the LMC is made up of the five Southeast Asian countries through which the Mekong River flows: Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
