They said that China's support for the junta and its planned election "undermines the will of the Myanmar people, deepens the people's suffering and prolongs the crisis."
In a candid interview with ANI, Indian Ambassador to Thailand, Nagesh Singh, expressed grave concerns over the escalating crisis in Myanmar's troubled regions, where ethnic armed groups have seized control, fostering a breeding ground for criminal syndicates and illicit activities.
Aeon named the official as Hiroshi Kasamatsu, 53, an employee of Aeon Orange Co, adding it would cooperate with local authorities' investigations while seeking support from the Japanese Embassy in Myanmar.
This development places the two military forces in close proximity amid heightened tensions surrounding the conflict in Ukraine and the junta's insistence on the withdrawal of US forces from the country.
Thailand's Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara visited Mae Sot, a border town near Myanmar, on Friday amid escalating clashes that have resulted in troops of the ruling military Junta into retreat by ethnic minority armed groups, while hundreds of residents have been forced to flee, Al
Around 200 Myanmar soldiers have withdrawn to the so-called Friendship bridge connecting the border town of Myawaddy to Thailand amid a relentless assault by anti-junta resistance forces, reported Al Jazeera.
Expressing concern over the "deteriorating" situation in Myanmar, India has urged for an early resolution to the conflict with the return of peace and stability in the country.
China has lodged protests to Myanmar after five people were injured by artillery shells fired during battles between its ruling junta and rebel groups that landed in its small town near their border.
According to the experts, China's goals in convening the peace talk between the military and the Three Brotherhood Alliance, held most recently in Kunming on December 20, is two-fold.
The ruling Junta in Myanmar has been losing vital military locations and border towns to well-armed ethnic militias that have collaborated with resistance forces to launch massive new offensives in recent weeks, CNN reported.
Since the start of a major anti-junta offensive late last month in Myanmar, border crossings in northern Shan State to China, including Muse and Chin She Haw, have been closed.
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Wednesday said that security has been reinforced along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur in view of the recent conflict between the rebel groups and the military junta in the bordering areas of Myanmar.