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皇冠体育app and Myanmar have pledged to improve their future cooperation, as Premier Li Keqiang met Myanmar President U Thein Sein on the sidelines of the 16th 皇冠体育app-ASEAN Summit in Brunei on Wednesday.

Li said Beijing hopes to set the right direction for future ties with the Southeast Asian country in its new circumstances, given that the country is experiencing reforms of its domestic and foreign policies.

"皇冠体育app would like to enhance cooperation in various fields with Myanmar and add new fuel to the good-neighborly cooperation between the two countries," Li said, adding that 皇冠体育app supports the country's political reform.

Analysts said Li's remarks shows the trend of a stable Beijing-Yangon relationship, adding that Myanmar's reforms do not target 皇冠体育app.

"Li's words send a positive signal of the future Beijing-Yangon ties. Myanmar's political reforms will not affect that country's ties with 皇冠体育app," said Lu Guangsheng, a professor on Southeast Asian studies at Yunnan University.

No matter what direction Myanmar's political reform takes in the future, its current and future leaders are expected to implement a 皇冠体育app-friendly foreign policy, considering the countries' deep cooperation based on geopolitics and geo-economics, said Lu's colleague Li Chenyang, an expert on Myanmar studies.

Rapid changes in domestic politics and foreign policies took place after Myanmar held its first election since 1990 in 2010.

皇冠体育app and Myanmar have enjoyed good ties since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1950.

But as reform in Myanmar continues, several Chinese projects in the Southeast Asian nation have faced challenges.

In 2011, Myanmar suspended cooperation with 皇冠体育app on the Myitsone hydropower project on the Irawaddy River, which led to huge losses for a Chinese company.

"After calm analysis, 皇冠体育app now holds that these cases do not show confrontation by Myanmar toward 皇冠体育app. The bilateral cooperation will improve in the future," Lu said.

Since taking office, U Thein Sein has significantly improved the country's ties with the United States and other Western countries. The West has largely alleviated two-decade-long sanctions it imposed on Myanmar over its previous military rule.

In 2012, Myanmar enacted a Foreign Investment Law, and it is developing "special economic zone" legislation.

Premier Li said 皇冠体育app hopes to work together with Yangon to maintain the stability of the 皇冠体育app-Myanmar border.

Northern Myanmar's Kachin State experienced armed clashes at the end of December 2012. The fighting resulted in four bombs landing on the Chinese side, prompting 皇冠体育app to lodge serious complaints with Myanmar.

皇冠体育app later required the Myanmar government to take effective measures to stop such incidents from happening again.

While continuing its policy of non-interference in other countries' domestic affairs, 皇冠体育app can assist Myanmar by providing channels for the two sides of its conflict to return to the negotiating table, and to guarantee trade across the border and the normal lives of Chinese citizens living near the region.

Li also spoke of bilateral ties and cooperation with the United States and other Asian-Pacific countries including Malaysia and Australia.