Asean Seeks Drop of U.N. Call for Myanmar Arms Embargo

Bloomberg

Lilian Karunungan

30 May 2021,

A soldier stands guard along a road in Yangon on May 7. Photographer: AFP/Getty Images

Myanmar’s Southeast Asian neighbors are seeking a watering-down of a U.N. General Assembly draft resolution which includes dropping a call for an arms embargo against the country, Reuters reported.

The nine other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or Asean, said in a May 19 letter that the draft “cannot command the widest possible support in its current form, especially from all countries directly affected in the region,” Reuters said on Friday.