US strategy links Myanmar peace talks to rare-earth access美国战略将缅甸和平谈判与稀土获取联系起来
WASHINGTON: 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.
FILE PHOTO: A rare earth mine in Kachin state, Myanmar, December 21, 2020. - Global Witness Handout via Reuters
WASHINGTON: 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.
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资料照片：2020年12月21日，缅甸克钦邦一处稀土矿。——全球见证组织通过路透社提供
华盛顿：根据美国国务院最近发布的一份战略文件，华盛顿的目标是利用在缅甸的和平外交来扩大美国的影响力，并有可能获得该国的稀土矿藏。
路透社上个月报道称，美国官员已与缅甸名义上的文官政府秘密举行会谈。该政府由领导 2021 年政变的前将军领导，这场政变引发了内战，据联合国估计，这场内战已造成 10 万人死亡，350 多万人流离失所。
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