Unveiling the measures, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern named for the international neighborhood to “strongly condemn what we’re seeing happen in Myanmar”.
“After years of working hard to build a democracy in Myanmar, I think every New Zealander would be devastated to see what we’ve seen in recent days led by the military,” she told reporters.
“Our strong message is we will do what we can from here in New Zealand.”
Ardern stated the measures would involve travel bans on senior military figures.
Myanmar’s military final week detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and dozens of other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party, ending a decade of civilian rule.
Ardern stated New Zealand wanted the UN Human Rights Council to hold a particular session to talk about developments in Myanmar.
She added that New Zealand’s help programmes in Myanmar, worth about NZ$42 million ($30.5 million), would continue with safeguards that they did not advantage, or come beneath the handle of, the military junta.
“We’re being very cautious with whatever aid and development work we do there that we are not propping up that regime,” she stated.
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Ardern conceded New Zealand had restricted leverage on Myanmar’s military but stated Suu Kyi had personally thanked her for the duration of previous meetings for Wellington’s assistance for the duration of the country’s transition to democracy.
“While it may seem New Zealand’s position on this may not seem particularly relevant, one of the last occasions when I had the opportunity to meet and talk with Aung San Suu Kyi, she specifically mentioned some of our representatives from New Zealand in Myanmar,” Ardern stated.
“They were well regarded and well respected and I think it played a really constructive role in that critical time for Myanmar and their transition.”
The junta proclaimed a one-year state of emergency final week, promising to hold fresh elections soon after that, devoid of supplying any precise timeframe.
In performing so they ended Myanmar’s 10-year experiment with democracy soon after close to 50 years of military rule.
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The generals justified the coup by claiming fraud in November’s elections, which the NLD won by a landslide.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta dismissed the allegations of fraud.
“We do not recognise the legitimacy of the military-led government and we call on the military to immediately release all detained political leaders and restore civilian rule,” she stated in a statement.