Man pulled alive from rubble five days after 7.7-magnitude Myanmar earthquake

What I got from my recent trip was that Min Aung Hlaing doesn't want to be just under China only,

said Sihasak

The junta knows that regional powers jostling for influence in Myanmar, like India, China, and Russia would want to use this opportunity to strengthen their own toehold in the country,

said Angshuman Choudhury, an analyst based in Singapore

They see the world order as shifting, and that there is a new pole with China, Russia and India,

Sihasak told Reuters

Thitinan Pongsudhirakthai political scientist

There's a nasty, brutal, violent civil war,

said Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University

Modi, particularly, has already indicated that he is willing to directly engage,

said Choudhury, referring to the two leaders' call

I would think he's getting like everything he ever dreamt of and more right now,

said a diplomatic source in the commercial capital of Yangon, referring to the Moscow visit, the telephone call with Modi and a meeting of the ASEAN grouping

Min Aung Hlaingjunta chief

We are aware that some ethnic armed groups are currently not engaged in combat, but are organising and training to carry out attacks,

said Min Aung Hlaing, mentioning sabotage against the electricity supply

Penny Wongforeign Minister

We condemn these acts and call on the military regime to immediately cease military operations and allow full humanitarian access to affected areas,

Foreign Minister Penny Wong said

You cannot ask for aid with one hand and bomb with the other,

said the group's Myanmar researcher Joe Freeman

Since such activities constitute attacks, the Tatmadaw (armed forces) will continue to carry out necessary defensive activities,

he said in a statement late Tuesday

Soldiers are inspecting deliveries, and checks can take longer if they come from other areas in Sagaing that have more connections to resistance groups,

Amnesty said

This is time, to be honest, for the world to step up and support the people of Myanmar,

UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Myanmar Marcoluigi Corsi said Tuesday

The junta needs to break from its appalling past practice and ensure that humanitarian aid quickly reaches those whose lives are at risk in earthquake-affected areas,

said deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch Bryony Lau

With these additional tremors, fatalities are still occurring,

said Michael Dunford, Myanmar director at the United Nations World Food Programme

We strongly desire that urgent humanitarian efforts, which are immediately needed for the earthquake-affected population, be carried out as swiftly and effectively as possible,

the Three Brotherhood Alliance, which involves the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, the Kokang’s Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and Arakan Army, said in a joint statement Tuesday