Thailand warns Myanmar’s rivals against using its soil for harm: ministers

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Thailand warns Myanmar’s rivals against using its soil for harm: ministers

Thailand has warned Myanmar’s junta and rebel groups against using its territory for “their own sake,” Thailand’s defense minister said, amid fears that fighting in eastern Myanmar could spill over the Thai-Myanmar border.  Over the weekend, Myanmar junta forces battled anti-junta insurgents in the Myanmar border town of Myawaddy, opposite the Thai town of Mae Sot, a major conduit for trade between the neighbors. The escalating violence in Myanm…