Two US government representatives held an online meeting with the civilian National Unity Government and rebel armies.
Dhaka says 13 more junta border guards have crossed into Bangladesh to avoid the Arakan Army in Maungdaw.
Wang Yi is due to discuss border security with Min Aung Hlaing as the junta's control over northern Myanmar weakens.
A refugee from Rakhine’s Maungdaw said Rohingya are fleeing the AA but the ethnic army said junta-backed Muslim insurgents in the town were to blame for the violence.
Special envoy to Myanmar Deng Xijun is reportedly in Naypyitaw as China appears to lose patience with regime chief Min Aung Hlaing.
Neighbor offers assistance for planned census and election widely condemned as fraudulent and unworkable after the regime’s loss of control over large swathes of country.
The Brotherhood Alliance is calling on Beijing – Myanmar’s major arms supplier – to urge the junta to stop bombing hospitals, schools, religious buildings and markets where civilians gather.
In Phnom Penh, regime minister Ko Ko Hlaing delivered the junta’s take on the latest events in Myanmar, including its election plans, to Hun Manet and his father Hun Sen.
Ambassador Iskander Azizov and Soe Win met as part of efforts to deepen bilateral ties between the two pariah regimes.
Penny Wong told an ASEAN summit that the regime’s approach is “unsustainable”.
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