Myanmar promises border stability, China says

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NANSAN, Sept 1 (AP): Myanmar has pledged to restore peace to a border area where its troops battled ethnic rebels, in fighting that sent more than 30,000 refugees fleeing into China, Beijing said Tuesday.
The comments by China's Foreign Ministry came as authorities pulled down tent camps after thousands of the refugees went home Monday. The number leaving appeared to fall sharply Tuesday.
While the deadly fighting reportedly has ended in Myanmar's northern Kokang region, monitoring groups have warned it could resume.
Myanmar's military junta thanked China for caring for its citizens during the crisis, China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regularly scheduled news conference in Beijing.
"Myanmar also promised to restore peace and stability along the border," Jiang said.
The crisis had prompted a rare request from Beijing that Myanmar calm the situation.
Last week's fighting broke out after hundreds of Myanmar soldiers moved into Kokang to pressure wary rebels to give up their arms and become border guards. The junta wants stability with its several armed ethnic groups before next year's national elections, the first in nearly 20 years.