Hanoi:
The United States has “deep concerns” about the military coup in Myanmar and named on Southeast Asian nations to take action to finish violence and restore democracy in the nation, Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned on Wednesday.
The Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) has been major the key diplomatic work on member nation Myanmar considering that a Feb. 1 coup plunged it into turmoil.
During a video conference with ASEAN foreign ministers on Wednesday, Blinken urged ASEAN to take “immediate action” on a 5-point consensus, agreed upon in April, to appoint a specific envoy to Myanmar, State Department spokesperson Ned Price mentioned in a statement.
Myanmar has descended into chaos right after the coup, with hundreds of protesters killed by safety forces and thousands jailed amid paralysing strikes and spreading conflict in border regions.
Blinken asked for the release of all these “unjustly detained” in the nation, and the restoration of Myanmar’s democratic transition, Price mentioned.
Blinken also emphasised the U.S. rejection of China’s “unlawful maritime claims” in the South China Sea and mentioned Washington “stands with Southeast Asian claimants in the face of (Chinese) coercion”, Price mentioned.
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