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UN: Beijing supplies weapons to junta in Myanmar

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Published: February 23rd, 2022,
Last updated: February 23rd, 2022

According to a United Nations expert, China has continued to supply Myanmar’s junta with weapons since last year’s coup. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, called on the UN Security Council to call an emergency meeting to „ban those arms transfers that the Myanmar military are known to use to attack and kill Myanmar civilians“ Besides China, Russia and Serbia are also responsible for supplying arms to the junta.

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Geopolitics Myanmar Security United Nations