WASHINGTON, July 14 — The US has “deep concerns” about the situation in Myanmar following February’s coup, urging the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to take action, the State Department said yesterday.
As well as expressing his “deep concern” about Asean member Myanmar, Blinken also pushed the bloc to put into place its five-point plan for Myanmar drafted in April, calling on Asean “to take immediate action to hold the Burmese regime accountable to the consensus and to appoint a special envoy,” said Price.
Mass demonstrations against the takeover were met with violent repression around the country, which is also dealing with surging coronavirus infections.
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