Myanmar military rebukes foreign embassies, denies impeding transition


  • World
  • Monday, 01 Feb 2021

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military rebuked foreign embassies on Sunday for voicing concern over developments in the country, where threats from the army and fears of a coup have overshadowed the planned opening of parliament.

The army said in a statement posted on Facebook it "categorically denies" impeding the democratic transition and warned the diplomatic community "not to make unwarranted assumptions about the situation".

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