New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday that the government will suspend all high-level political and military contact with Myanmar, according to Reuters.
New Zealand will also impose a travel ban on Myanmar’s military leaders, and ensure its aid program to the country will not include projects that are delivered with, or benefit, the military government, Ardern said in a news conference.
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Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said in a separate statement that New Zealand does not recognize the legitimacy of the military-led government and called on the military to immediately release all detained political leaders and restore civilian rule.
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