BEIJING (PTI): Watching warily its long term strategic ally Myanmar's steady transformation from military dictatorship to democracy, China has vowed to strengthen its ties with the country to retain a close relationship.
A visiting delegation of Myanmar's military backed ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), whose leader and the country's President Thein Sein surprised the world by opening up his military dominated country to democracy last year, Wednesday called on Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping.
"China has always handled its relations with Myanmar from a strategic perspective," Xi, widely regarded as the successor to President Hu Jintao in this year's leadership change, told the USDP delegation headed by party's General Secretary U Htay Oo, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
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