Hanoi: The United States has a “deep concern” about the military coup in Myanmar and asks the Southeast Asian nations to take action to end violence and restore democracy in the country, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
The Southeast Nation Association (ASEAN) has led the main diplomatic efforts in the Myanmar member country since the February 1 coup picked him up to chaos.
During the video conference with ASEAN Foreign Minister on Wednesday, Blinken urged ASEAN to take the “Immediate Action” on the five-point consensus, which was agreed upon in April, to appoint a special envoy to Myanmar, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a statement , Myanmar has dropped into chaos after the coup, with hundreds of protesters killed by security forces and thousands of people were imprisoned amid immobilizing strikes and spreading conflict in the border area.
Blinken requested all releases “detained unfairly” in this country, and the recovery of Myanmar’s democratic transition, price said.
Blinken also emphasized the US refusal of “lawless maritime claims” in the South China Sea and said Washington “stands with Southeast Asian prosecutors in facing coercion (China)”, said price.