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China, Russia, India enabling Myanmar’s military rule: Report

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right), and Myanmar's Senior General Min Aung Hlaing pose for a photo during their meeting on the sideline of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wednesday, September 7, 2022 [File: Valery Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP]

Support from China, Russia and India is enabling Myanmar’s military to sustain itself and carry out human rights abuses despite its failure to consolidate power following last year’s coup, a group of international legislators has said.

In a report published on Wednesday, the parliamentarians said this “steadfast and uncritical” support, particularly from Beijing and Moscow, for Myanmar’s military has come amid an “utter” lack of progress on a peace plan proposed by the country’s neighbours in the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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