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Myanmar Appoints Ex-Brigadier General Tin Maung Swe as Foreign Minister, Strengthening Ties with China

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Naypyidaw, April 25 (IANS) Appointment of ex-Brigadier General and Myanmar’s former Ambassador to Beijing, Tin Maung Swe, as the Foreign Minister of the government led by President Min Aung Hlaing signals a move to deepen ties with China, a report highlighted this week. “After the international isolation that followed the massacres of August-September 1988, the Myanmar military, with its exceedingly brutal but whimsical actions and policies, turned to China for support but the relationship bec…