China says Myanmar promises border stability

NG HAN GUAN AP 09/01/2009 01:03

NANSAN, China — Myanmar has pledged to restore peace to a border area where its troops battled ethnic rebels, in fighting that sent more than 30,000 refugees fleeing into China, Beijing said Tuesday.

The comments by China's Foreign Ministry came as authorities pulled down tent camps after thousands of the refugees went home Monday. The number leaving appeared to fall sharply Tuesday.

While the deadly fighting reportedly has ended in Myanmar's northern Kokang region, monitoring groups have warned it could resume.

Myanmar's ruling junta thanked China for caring for its citizens during the crisis, China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regularly scheduled news conference in Beijing.

"Myanmar also promised to restore peace and stability along the border," Jiang said.

Myanmar's border regions have for decades been the scene of fighting between ethnic armies and the ruling military, conflicts that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

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