প্রকাশ: 26/07/2022
The United States on
Monday said there can be no "business as usual" with Myanmar's ruling
military following its execution of four democracy activists, adding that all
options were on the table as it considered further measures to punish the
junta.
Speaking at a regular press briefing, US State Department
spokesperson Ned Price called on countries to ban sales of military equipment
to Myanmar and refrain from any action that would lend the junta any
international credibility.
Asked if the Biden administration was considering sanctions
on Myanmar's gas industry, a sector that was spared in previous rounds of US
sanctions, Price said that in their discussions of further measures, all
options were on the table.
"With these horrific atrocities that the junta has
carried out, there can be no business as usual with this regime," Price
said.
Sentenced to death in secretive trials in January and April,
the four activists were accused of helping a civilian resistance movement that
has fought the military since last year's coup and bloody crackdown on
nationwide protests.
The country's first executions in decades triggered an
international outcry.
No country has the potential to influence Myanmar's
trajectory more so than China, Price said, while also calling on the regional
ASEAN grouping of countries to maintain precedent of barring junta
representatives from regional meetings.
- Reuters
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