Myanmar Will Not Address World Leaders at UN General Assembly


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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – No representative from Myanmar is scheduled to address the annual high-level United Nations General Assembly next week, a UN spokesman said, amid rival claims for the country’s UN seat in New York after a military coup deposed the elected government. “At this point, Myanmar is not speaking,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Friday, Al Jazeera reported. Myanmar’s current UN Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun – appointed by Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government – had initially been expected to address the 193-member General Assembly on Monday, the final day of the gathering. But diplomats said China, Russia...