Poppy McPherson
30/Oct/2020
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi casts an advance vote ahead of November 8th general election in Naypyitaw, Myanmar October 29, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Thar Byaw
Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi casts an advance vote ahead of November 8th general election in Naypyitaw, Myanmar October 29, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Thar Byaw
Hundustan Time
THE I DIPLOMAT
By Blake Herzinger
October 27, 2020
he submarine acquisition fulfills a long-held ambition of the Myanmar Navy, but could prove costly in the long run.
The long-awaited transfer of a Russian-made Kilo-class submarine from India to Myanmar took place last week
during Myanmar’s Bandoola fleet exercise. The submarine, UMS Min Ye
Thein Kha Thu, a decades-old diesel boat, is only a single vessel but it
has significance in Myanmar’s immediate neighborhood and is also
indicative of the increasing strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific.
Md Jahid Hashan
Published : October 26th, 2020
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
October 20, 2020
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said there will be no sustainable solution to the Rohingya crisis in near future if the defiance, impunity and geopolitical appeasement of Myanmar continues.
He said a culture of appeasement of Myanmar geopolitically through enhanced bilateral trade, investment and development assistance continues to grow while the country has done nothing to redress the rapes, gender-based violence, mass atrocities and genocide committed on its minorities that its neighbour Bangladesh diligently continues to host in temporary camps that threatens its very security and sovereignty.
Regional bloc’s response has fallen short because of lack of leadership, failure to grasp gravity of rights abuses.
THE I DIPLOMAT
Sebastian Strangio
October 19, 2020
On October 16, Myanmar’s Union Election Commission (UEC) announced the cancellation of the upcoming national elections in conflict-ridden regions of the country, including swathes of territory in Shan and Rakhine states.
This will be the first submarine of Myanmar military, who are accused of systematic genocide against the minority ethnic Rohingya Muslim community.
eurasiareview
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