US News: WASHINGTON: The US on Thursday slapped sanctions on 10 current and former military officers and three entities in Myanmar who led the recent coup agai.
The US on Thursday slapped sanctions on 10 current and former military officers and three entities in Myanmar who led the recent coup against the democratically elected government and detained its leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint. Six of the individuals are part of the National Defense and Security Council and were directly involved in the coup Commander-in-Chief of the Burmese military forces Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Soe Win, First Vice President and retired Lieutenant General Myint Swe, Lieutenant General Sein Win, Lieutenant General Soe Htut, and Lieutenant General Ye Aung. The four others slapped with sanctions are General Mya Tun Oo who was appointed Minister of Defense, Admiral Tin Aung San who was appointed Minister for Transport and Communications, Lieutenant General Ye Win Oo who was appointed Joint Secretary of the State Administration Council (SAC), and Lieutenant General Aung Lin Dwe who was appointed Secretary of the SAC.
The US on Thursday slapped sanctions on 10 current and former military officers and three entities in Myanmar who led the recent coup against the democratically elected government and detained its leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint. Six of the individuals are part of the National Defense
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President Biden may be new to the job but the foreign policy challenges haven’t slowed down. Les, Jamil, Jodi and Michael discuss President Biden’s first foreign policy speech and how the ideals he laid out in it will be applied to the coup in Myanmar and protests in Russia. Is Biden really laying out a new foreign policy vision? Will his team be decisive or dithering? How should America promote democracy abroad? All these questions and more answered in this week’s Fault Lines.
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