Lavrov attending a meeting with Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin in Naypyidaw. - Reuters
YANGON (AFP): Russia backs the Myanmar junta's efforts to "stabilise" the crisis-wracked country, its foreign minister said during talks with top generals, according to Russian state media.
The South-East Asian nation has been in chaos since the military's power grab last year, with more than 2,100 people killed in a crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitor.
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