Myanmar to join US-Asean drills
Myanmar’s navy will join maritime drills with the US in Southeast Asia next week, a spokesman said yesterday, in a rare show of military cooperation despite Washington slapping sanctions on top army brass over the Rohingya crisis. There are growing calls to further isolate the military, expand sanctions and prosecute senior leadership for genocide against the stateless minority. The drills come at a time of stepped-up US engagement in the region and tensions between China and several Southeast Asian nations over rival claims in the South China Sea.
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