Wang also expressed China’s support for the junta’s five-point roadmap to restore peace, stability and economic development, as well as the junta’s proposed poll, junta media reported.

Some political prisoners from prisons in Sittwe, Ann and Taungup, Arakan State, were reportedly transferred to Yangon by flight earlier this month.

Previously, the exchange rate stood at around K50 per Rupee, but the exchange rate has increased to K85 per Rupee as of August 14. 

The retired senior general expressed hope that "China will continue to provide support for Myanmar, helping Myanmar guard against external interference and maintain domestic stability," the Chinese state-run media outlet Xinhua reported.

The AA evacuated thousands of people including Arakanese, Hindus and Muslims from Maungdaw’s Ward Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, and Latha, Shwezar, Labawzar, Maungnipyin, Kanyintan and Pantawpyin villages.

IDPs face severe food shortages as the regime has barred local and international organisations from providing humanitarian aid to many of those in need in Arakan State.

The regime has been fencing off the riverfront area in Sittwe to protect a naval base near the Arakan State capital's ViewPoint Park, according to residents.

Betel leaf is grown on a commercial scale in Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Minbya and Ann townships in Arakan State. It is also grown on a smaller scale in Myebon, Pauktaw and Taungup townships.

"All of them were from Thandwe Township. They were young people aged between 17 and 40, including women," said a Thandwe resident taking shelter in Ayeyarwady Region.

Regime soldiers retreating from Kyeintali Town have reportedly been stationed in Kalarpyin Village on the Kyeintali-Gwa road south of the town.

About 30 junta soldiers and members of the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) abducted 21 locals from Sittwe’s Kandawgyi Ward on the night of August 12, residents said.

A local man from Arakan State’s Taungup Township was severely injured on Tuesday evening after he stepped on a landmine while returning home from fishing, according to residents.

Elder care facilities in Sittwe, Taungup, Kyaukphyu, Ramree and Manaung towns were previously supplied by donors who made monthly or long-term donations. 

The AA is currently focused on capturing Maungdaw and Thandwe townships, attacking the last junta battalions in those townships. It also launched attacks in Gwa Township last week, attacking junta positions in Kyeintali Town.

This year's fruit yield in the Tawphyarchaung area of Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, has declined as a consequence of Cyclone Mocha, which made landfall over Arakan State on May 14 of last year.

The regime has blocked off the Gwa-Ngathainggyaung road linking Arakan State with Ayeyarwady Region following fighting between the military and Arakkha Army (AA) in Gwa Township.

A junta jet fighter dropped six bombs on Namhsan Town during three sorties at around midnight on August 12, the TNLA’s statement said.

Though the Arakkha Army (AA) is providing relief supplies for those displaced, the supply is not enough, according to the internally displaced people (IDPs).

It is participating harmoniously with fellow anti-regime groups in the second phase of Operation 1027 and the offensive at the border of Shan State and Mandalay Region, the group said.