Bangkok - Myanmar's junta-appointed foreign minister will this week travel to Thailand for talks with its neighbours on border security, a junta spokesman said on Monday.
Than Swe "will lead a delegation to attend the meeting between Myanmar and neighbouring countries" on Thursday, junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said in an audio statement.
The meeting would include "ministers, deputy ministers and officials" from neighbouring China, Laos, Thailand, India and Bangladesh, he said.
"They will mainly discuss border issues, such as cross-border crimes... They will cooperate to combat cross-border crimes and ensure border stability."
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military seized power in a 2021 coup.
The putsch renewed fighting with ethnic rebel groups and birthed dozens of newer pro-democracy "People's Defence Forces" now battling the military across the country.
More than 3.3 million people have since been displaced by conflict according to the United Nations.
In recent months, opponents of the junta have seized swathes of territory along Myanmar's northern border with China and its western border with India and Bangladesh.
On Monday, the Arakan Army (AA), which has captured much of western Rakhine state from the military, posted a video calling on junta troops in an embattled regional military command to surrender.
AA fighters have seized swathes of territory in the state that is home to China and India-backed port projects and all but cut off the state capital Sittwe.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional bloc has led diplomatic efforts to end the crisis, now in its fourth year, but with little success.
