Washington aims to use
peace diplomacy in Myanmar as a way to expand US influence and
potentially gain access to the country’s rare-earth deposits,
according to a recently published State Department strategy
document.
Reuters reported last month that US officials have quietly
held talks with Myanmar’s nominally civilian government, run by
the former general who led a 2021 coup, triggering a civil war
that the United Nations estimates has killed 100,000 people and
displaced more than 3.5 million.
The re-engagement, involving the State Department\u2019s top
intelligence official Michael Vance, marks a departure from
years of US policy aimed at isolating the military. The talks
have included discussions of how to gain access to rare-earth
minerals mainly located in conflict-affected areas and currently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Washington aims to usepeace diplomacy in Myanmar as a way to expand US influence andpotentially gain access to the country’s rare-earth deposits,according to a recently published State Department strategydocument.Reuters reported last month that US officials have quietlyheld talks with Myanmar’s nominally civilian government, run bythe former general who led a 2021 coup, triggering a civil […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n