China said on Wednesday at the @UN Security Council that it rejects sanctions #Myanmar and calls for "democratic transition." newsus.cgtn.com/news/2021-04-0…
"We hope that all parties in Myanmar can keep calm, exercise restraint," adding that any attack on the people and businesses in Myanmar "is unacceptable," Ambassador Zhang Jun said.
On the other hand, @UN Special Envoy on #Myanmar told a session of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that “a bloodbath is imminent” because of the military’s intensified crackdown on anti-coup protesters. reuters.com/article/us-mya…
“Consider all available tools to take collective action and do what is right, what the people of Myanmar deserve and prevent a multi-dimensional catastrophe in the heart of Asia,” she said.
The council must consider “potentially significant action” to reverse the course of events as “a bloodbath is imminent,” Schraner Burgener said.
“These violent actions by the military are completely unacceptable and require a strong message from the international community,” Britain’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Barbara Woodward, said in a virtual press briefing after the council session.
And @StateDept also called on #China to use its influence on #Myanmar to hold those responsible for the military coup in Myanmar accountable. nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/u…
“We, of course, continue to call on China, on the government in Beijing, to use its influence to hold to account those responsible for this military coup,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a regular news briefing.
“What the junta has done in Burma is not in the interests of the United States. It’s not in the interests of our partners and allies, and it’s not in the interests of Beijing,” said @StateDeptSpox.
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