UNITED NATIONS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - China announced on Friday it would veto a U.S.-drafted Security Council resolution calling on Myanmar's military junta to end its persecution of minorities and political opposition groups.

Calling it an interference in Myanmar's internal affairs, China's U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya told the council minutes before a vote: "China, therefore cannot but vote against the draft resolution before us."

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