The United States and Japan agreed to put all-round pressure on the Myanmar military, which caused a coup on the 1st.
According to the Sankei Shimbun and Jiji news agency on the 11th, Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu held a 40-minute telephone talk with U.S. Foreign Minister Tony Blincoln the day before, and shared the concerns of the two countries related to the military coup in Myanmar.
In the call, the two ministers strongly condemned the incident of police firing against protesters in Myanmar’s capital, Naepido, and agreed to demand that the’violent response’ against civilians be stopped immediately.
The two sides also agreed to call for the release of key government officials detained, including state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi, to the Myanmar military, and early restoration of the democratic political system. When the NLD) won overwhelming victory, the government took power in a coup on the 1st for the reason that “a serious misconduct occurred, but the government failed to properly investigate it.” In addition, the two ministers said that China recently took power within its waters. They shared their concerns about the entry into force of the Maritime Police Act, which allows the use of weapons by the sea and the two countries, and decided to respond in cooperation. In addition, the United States, Japan, Australia, India, etc., to realize a “free and open India-Pacific” led by Japan It was decided to strengthen the alliance between the four countries of the’Quad’.
This is the second time since the inauguration of Minister Blincoln on the 26th of last month during the telephone talks between the US and Japan foreign ministers.
(Seoul = News 1)
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