Myanmar to join US-Asean navy drills despite sanctions

Yangon: Myanmar’s navy will join maritime drills with the United States in South-East Asia next week, a spokesman said, in a rare show of military cooperation despite Wash­ington slapping sanctions on top army brass over the Rohingya crisis.

Yangon: Myanmar’s navy will join maritime drills with the United States in South-East Asia next week, a spokesman said, in a rare show of military cooperation despite Washington slapping sanctions on top army brass over the Rohingya crisis.

He said the exercise, starting in the Gulf of Thailand on Sept 2, would focus on crime, piracy and security, and the travel bans were separate issues. A United Nations fact-finding mission wants Myanmar’s commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing to face charges of genocide after documenting arson, extra-judicial killings and rape during the military’s August 2107 campaign against the Rohingya.

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