On the 6th, protesters of the rebel army wear helmets and masks on the streets in Mandalay, a provincial city in Myanmar. Mandalay=AP Yonhap News
It has been argued that the Myanmar military wants to strengthen relations with the West, including the United States, not China. By the military lobbyist.
Ari Benmenash, an Israeli-Canadian lobbyist, said in a telephone interview with Reuters on the 6th (local time) that the Myanmar military had hired his company, Dickens and Madson Canada, and that Western countries misunderstood the Myanmar military. .
According to Reuters, he said, “There is real pressure (in the military) to move closer to the West and the United States rather than sticking to China,” said Aung San Suu Kyi, a state adviser under arrest and detention by the military. . He added, “They (military) do not want to be puppets in China.”
Benmenash told Reuters that he has signed contracts with Zimbabwe’s dictator Robert Mugabe and Sudan’s military and has been working as their international lobbyist. . Reuters said the telephone interview that day took place in South Korea, where he visited Myanmar and signed an agreement with the defense minister.
Ben Menash also argued that the military was willing to restore democracy. The military is in the best position to manage the return to democracy after the coup, and “they want to get completely out of politics. There is only a procedure,” he explained. He also explained that it was the police, not the military, who were managing the protests.
Over the weekend, protests against the coup continued throughout Myanmar. At a rally held in downtown Yangon between the night of the 6th and the dawn of the 7th, the military and police fired again and started disbanding, Reuters said. It is not yet known whether casualties have occurred due to firing.
People leaving Myanmar are also on the way. AFP news agency on the 6th reported that a total of 48 Myanmarians crossed the border and entered the Mizoram state in northeastern India. Eight of them are Myanmar police officers, and it is reported that there are also local government officials.
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