Wang Yi urges closer bonds among LMC member states

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the member states of the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism to build a closer community with a shared future and create a more interconnected economic development belt. Wang made the remarks while jointly hosting the eighth Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Beijing with Myanmar’s Deputy Prime Minister U Than Swe, who also serves as the country’s foreign minister.

The LMC consists of six countries, namely China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.