YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar has rejected the latest U.S. criticism of its conflict with ethnic Kachin rebels, and deplores that Washington still calls the country by its old name, Burma, according to a statement published Saturday.

A Myanmar Foreign Ministry statement published in the state-run Myanma Ahlin newspaper “rejected” a news release issued Thursday by the U.S. Embassy that had expressed “deep concern” over the ongoing violence in Kachin state in northern Myanmar.