Edith M. Lederer
March 03, 2021 - 1:34 PM
CAMEROON, Cameroon - Myanmar's deputy U.N. ambassador, who was assigned by the military to head the countryâs mission to the United Nations after the ambassador strongly opposed their recent coup, resigned on Wednesday, according to social media and newspaper reports.
Tin Maung Naing was named by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the missionâs charge dâaffaires in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received Tuesday. It said Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun had been terminated.
Tun sent letters Monday to the General Assembly president and Guterres saying he represents the country's âlegitimate" government and remains Myanmarâs ambassador.