Political, Religious Figures Urge Myanmar Govt, Military Leaders to Talk as Tensions Rise
Political, Religious Figures Urge Myanmar Govt, Military Leaders to Talk as Tensions Rise
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw in 2016. / Htet Naing Zaw / The Irrawaddy
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By Nyein Nyein 28 January 2021
Prominent political and religious figures in Myanmar have urged government and military leaders to engage in a dialogue in order to calm a sudden escalation in tensions over statements from the military that have been interpreted as a threat to stage a coup if its claims of electoral fraud go unaddressed.