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President Kovind to visit Myanmar from Dec 10-14
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind will embark on a five-day visit to Myanmar from December 10 to December 14, in an aim to boost bilateral relations between the two countries.
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Alice Wells to visit Singapore
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Nov 15 (ANI): United States Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells will visit Singapore from November 14 to 16.
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Rohingya crisis: Aung San Suu Kyi stripped of Amnesty's highest honour
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Nov 13 (ANI): Human Rights organisation Amnesty International withdrew its highest honour, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, from Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday.
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Yangon govt defends move to arrest journalists in Myanmar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], Oct 12 (ANI/Mizzima): Defending the arrests of journalists from Eleven Media, the Yangon Region government in a statement claimed that the journalists were prosecuted for reporting based on wrong facts.
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Bangladesh PM earns praise for sheltering Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Oct 4 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has earned praises for hosting over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims, whereas Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been facing criticism for not protecting the rights of its citizens.
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Suu Kyi defends arrest of Reuters journalists
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Sep 13 (ANI): Myanmar State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the verdict on the arrest of the two Reuters journalists who were investigating the Rohingya crisis in the country. She was speaking at the World Economic Forum on Thursday.
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Could have been handled better: Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisis
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Sep 13 (ANI): Myanmar State Counsellor, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday said that her government could have handled the situation in her country's Rakhine state better.
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Probe Myanmar military leaders over Rohingya issue: UN
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], August 28 (ANI): The United Nations, in an independent investigation, has called for probe and prosecution of Myanmar military leaders for "genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes" against Rohingya Muslims.
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India, Myanmar discuss bilateral ties
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): India and Myanmar held the 17th round of Foreign Office Consultations in the national capital on Thursday, which saw the discussion on the entire gamut of the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
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Rakhine crisis obstacle to democratic transition: Mark Green
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], May 21 (ANI): The chief of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mark Green said that Rakhine State crisis is an obstacle to Myanmar's democratic transition while saying that it must be resolved soon.
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Swaraj meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar] May 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Myanmar's first State Counsellor (Myanmar) Aung San Suu Kyi met in Naypyidaw on Friday as a part of her two-day visit to the South-Asian country.
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Myanmar elects U. Win Myint as new president
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Mar 28 (ANI): The Myanmar parliament on Wednesday elected the country's lower house speaker and legislator U. Win Myint as the new president.
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