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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Via AP news wire

Myanmar expels East Timor's diplomat in retaliation for supporting opposition forces

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Myanmar’s military government has ordered East Timor’s senior diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for the East Timorese government holding meetings with Myanmar's main opposition organization, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday.

The statement said East Timor has conducted engagements with Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which views itself as the country’s legitimate administration after the military seized power from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021.

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