Foreign affairs minister says the government has grave concerns about repression of protest since ousting of Aung San Suu Kyi
Australia has suspended military cooperation with Myanmar and redirected aid to non-government organisations in response to escalating violence in the wake of last month’s military coup.
The foreign affairs minister, Marise Payne, says the government has raised grave concerns about the increasingly bloody repression of protest since the ousting of democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi on 1 February.
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