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Myanmar 'has enough funds to avert Sri Lanka-like crisis'

Protesters show the three-finger salute and hold photos of detained Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the Myanmar military junta's execution of four prisoners, outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Myanmar has sufficient foreign reserves to avoid an economic crisis similar to Sri Lanka’s, the military government said, pushing back on suggestions by some analysts that the Southeast Asian nation faces a growing possibility of default.

Maj Gen Zaw Min Tun, a spokesman for the State Administration Council, said at a press conference on Tuesday that Myanmar has a “fair share of foreign-currency reserves,” including United States dollars and Chinese yuan, without giving specific figures.

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