The UN and US have condemned the coup in Burma and called for a return to constitutional and democratic order in the Southeast Asian country. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, reacted to the development in separate statements. Although both officials did not call it a coup, they urged the military to respect the will of the Burmese people as expressed through the country’s Nov. 8, 2020 elections. Guterres and Blinken also called for the release of Burma’s State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, and…
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