On behalf of the EU, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, condemned, on Tuesday 2 February, “in the strongest terms”, the military coup in Myanmar (see EUROPE B12648A4).
“It is an unacceptable attempt to forcibly overturn the will of the people of Myanmar”, the High Representative denounced. Believing that the November parliamentary elections marked an important milestone in the country's democratic transition, he explained...