Asean issued a statement expressing its horror and anger. . We had been reluctant to do so because Myanmar is a member of the Asean family. For some time now, we had stopped defending Myanmar internationally because it became no longer credible.
European Union foreign ministers meeting Monday will assess ways to punish the military junta in Myanmar for its crackdown on opposition forces and expected to slap a slew of new sanctions against Myanmar's military regime, including fresh bans on investments, visa bans and a freeze on junta members' assets.
Myanmar imported almost $1.7 billion in weapons from China, Russia came in second place at $396 million, followed by Serbia and Ukraine from 1988 to 2006 according to records kept by the Arms Transfers Project of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Myanmar's junta restored Internet service and relaxed a nighttime curfew, easing a crackdown on pro-democracy activists as a UN envoy went to Asia on Sunday.
Ibrahim Gambari was flying into Bangkok ahead of talks on Monday with Thailand's leaders, then on to travel to Malaysia, Indonesia, India, China and Japan before returning to Myanmar to meet the junta to convince its halt its crackdown on protesters. He brings the message of UN 's for Junta to start to open talks with the democratic opposition to bring peace in the region.
"We are encouraging special envoy Gambari to get back to Burma as soon as possible," US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, "I think that the unrest that apparently happened overnight clearly demonstrate that there needs to be an international presence on the ground," ".And since Mr Gambari is going to go in several Asian capitals we have encouraged him to go to Burma as fast as possible." she said.
"Given the continuing abuses of the junta on Burma, we urge UN special advisor Gambari to return to Burma as soon as possible," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto.
"We would like to see advisor Gambari visit Burma before he visits other regional capitals."
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