Wang Yi meets Thai FM Sihasak, Lao FM Thongsavanh and Myanmar minister U Aung Naing Oo in Beijing ahead of the LMC foreign ministers’ meeting. | China Day chinaday.news
China's MFA posted successive readouts on 3 November: Foreign Minister Wang Yi met in Beijing with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, and Myanmar's Minister of Planning, Investment and Foreign Economic Relations U Aung Naing Oo, who were in China for the 11th Lancang-Mekong Cooperation foreign ministers' meeting. With Thailand, Wang welcomed the Anutin government's China-friendly stance, pledged preparation for high-level exchanges, AI/compute/semiconductor cooperation and joint action against online gambling and telecom fraud; Sihasak reiterated the one-China policy and readiness to make the LMC meeting and fifth leaders' meeting succeed. With Laos, Wang noted the 65th anniversary of ties and the 'Lao-China Friendship Year', urging delivery on a community with a shared future and progress on the China-Laos Railway and economic corridors; Thongsavanh pledged party-to-party exchanges and corridor implementation. With Myanmar, Wang said China supports political reconciliation and the new government's stability, urged concrete steps to protect Chinese personnel, institutions and projects, and to prevent a resurgence of Myawaddy disorder; U Aung Naing Oo thanked China for quake-recovery aid and pledged faster corridor work and anti-fraud efforts. CNA, citing MFA statements, reported Wang's same-day meetings with the three Southeast Asian officials. The LMC foreign ministers' meeting runs 3–4 November; post-meeting outcomes are still pending. The 37th APEC dual-minister meeting was also held by video the same day; Mao Ning said the video format was chosen to ensure effectiveness, with formal outcomes still pending.
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