 A UN report released on February 1, 2018 cited North Korean ballistic missile transfers to the Myanmar army.In September 2017, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives announced that it was ceasing all trade ties with Myanmar in response to the government's treatment of the Rohingya people in Rakhine State.Although Myanmar officially recognises the PRC and not the Republic of China, there is much other interaction between the two countries.