China in touch with 'all parties' in Myanmar, says embassy


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YANGON (REUTERS) - China's embassy in Yangon said on Friday (April 9) it had been in touch with "all parties" in military-ruled Myanmar, when asked about a report that a diplomat had spoken to a parallel government representing Ms Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted administration. A counsellor from the embassy spoke by phone with members of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) last week in the first contact between Chinese officials and the group since the military's Feb 1 coup, the Irrawaddy news service reported this week. In response to Reuters' query, the embassy said: "China has been in touch...