Nice words to the White House
Myanmar’s military junta flatters himself at Trump and is rewarded
The United States had sanctioned allies of the military junta in Myanmar. A letter from the ruler now changes everything. The human rights organization Human Rights Watch is horrified.
The United States has lifted sanctions against several allies of the military junta in Myanmar. This emerges from a message from the US Ministry of Finance from Thursday.
Juntachef Min Aung Hlaing asked in a letter dated July 11 to President Donald Trump to relax the punitive measures. In it, Hlaing Trump praised for his “strong leadership” and described him as “true patriots”. He asked to rethink and abolish economic sanctions because they harmed the common interests of both countries.
According to the announcement by the US Ministry of Finance on Thursday, the companies KT Services & Logistics, the MCM Group and Suntac Technologies and several individuals from the sanction list were now being deleted. The ministry did not give a reason for the step.
Myanmar has rare earths
The human rights organization Human Rights Watch described the decision as “extremely worrying” and “shocking”. This indicates a fundamental turn in US politics, explained John Sifton, the organization of Asia. So far, politics had been geared towards punitive measures against the military regime.
In February 2021, the military of Myanmar was pushing to power, the democratically elected government overthrew and her factual boss and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi arrested. Numerous countries have imposed sanctions against the military government, which is held responsible for crimes against humanity and genocide.
Myanmar is one of the world’s most important sources for rare earths used in high technology and for armaments. Securing the supply chains is a central concern of the Trump government in strategic competition with China, which controls 90 percent of the global processing capacities.
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