# US strategy connects Myanmar peace diplomacy with possible rare-earth access

https://mins.news/en/item/126065

- Reuters, 2026-11-02 20:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-strategy-links-myanmar-peace-talks-rare-earth-access-2026-11-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ae8ef55401f6f00010d19ef

> A newly released State Department paper casts Washington’s peacemaking efforts in Myanmar as a route to greater US influence, while also raising the possibility of access to the country’s rare-earth deposits.