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UN Security Council members fail to agree on Myanmar text

A group of Myanmar activists hold up placards calling for the release of their ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi following the country's 2021 military coup ahead of United States President Joe Biden's visit to Japan on May 22, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) failed on Friday to agree on a statement aimed at pushing Myanmar's junta to take steps toward a peaceful solution to the country's ongoing crisis, diplomats said.

China and the United Kingdom, which drafted the text, blamed each other for the failure of the day-long negotiations, which followed a closed-door UNSC meeting on Myanmar in the morning.

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