Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- China called for stability in Myanmar where the military junta faces the biggest street protests in almost 20 years, and said it won't interfere in the nation's affairs.
``As a friendly neighboring country of Myanmar, China hopes to see stability and economic development,'' Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters at a briefing in Beijing today. ``China adopts a policy of non-interference in the affairs of other countries.''
Buddhist monks and pro-democracy campaigners have staged more than a week of protests against the military, which took power in 1962, and are demanding the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Monks led more than 20,000 people on a march in the former capital, Yangon, today, ignoring demands from the junta to stay out of politics, Agence France-Presse said.
China and India are the only countries with influence over Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, and must push the junta to show restraint, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said in an e-mailed statement today.
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