Myanmar’s Junta Chief Min Aung Hlaing Will Travel to Thailand A Regional Summit As His Country Reels From Earthquake That Thousands And Left Cities in Ruins.
The Earthquake In Central Myanmar Last Friday Killed 3,085 people and injured 4,715, The Junta has said. Hundreds More Are Missing and The Toll is Expected to Rise.
A Spokesman for Myanmar Army Said Min Aung Hlama Is Scheduled to Bangkok on a Summit That Gather Leaders of the Seven Countries That Borders of the Bay of Bengal.
His Attendance Will Be Unusual AS Santuctioned Leaders Are Typically Barred From These Events.
Host Thailand, Where The Earthquake was Felt and Killed 21 People, has proposed That The Leaders ISSUE on The Joint Statement. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Are Also Part of the Summit.
Countries Around the World Have Aid and Rescue Teams to Myanmar Semce The Quake, But Poor Infrastructure and Ongoing Civil War Has Complicated Relief Efforts.
The Junta Announced A Temporary Ceasefire Late on Wednesday to expedite These Efforts, After Earlier Rejecting Proposals Armed Ethnic Rebel Groups.
Before this, The Military Had Continued ITS Airstrikes Rebel-Held Areas, Including Those Badly Hit by The Earthquake.
On Tuesday Night, Troops Opened Fire at Chinese Red Cross Carrying Relief Supplies. The Junta Said The Troops Fired After The Convoy Refused to Stop Despite Being Signaled to Do So.
Myanmar has been gripped by a Bloody Civil War Power in 2021, What Led to The Rise of Armed Resistance That has been Fighting Alongside Armed Ethnic Groups, Some of the Day Fighting Decades for the military.
Years of Violence Have Crippled The Economy, Supercharged Inflation, and Plunged The Country Into A Humanitarian Crisis.
Now, The Earthquake has worked the crisis. Humanitarian Groups Have Urged The Junta to Lift Any Remaining Obstructions to Aid.
The UR Urged Urged The Global Community to Ramp Up Aid Before the Monsoon Season Hits in Month.
