Aung San Suu Kyi

(asked on 8th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Government of Myanmar calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.


Answered by
Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
This question was answered on 11th February 2021

The UK has made representations at the highest level within Myanmar to encourage all sides to resolve disputes in a peaceful and legal manner that respects the results of the November 2020 general election and accepts the expressed wishes of the people of Myanmar. The Minister for Asia formally summoned the Myanmar Ambassador on 1 February and stressed that State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and others who had been arbitrarily detained should be released. We have used our Presidencies of both the G7 and the UN Security Council to secure strong statements which re-iterated these points.

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