Release and Announcement: Press Releases

Myanmar’s Response to the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Myanmar at the 54th Session of the Human Rights Council MOFA September 28, 2023(Nay Pyi Taw)

– The report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights contained in document A/HRC/54/59 was issued shortly before the Interactive Dialogue which is scheduled to be held on 26 September 2023. Myanmar views that the duplicated reports and discussions are the unnecessary products of counterproductive mandates created by certain countries to interfere in internal affairs […]

Press Release (Nay Pyi Taw)

Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe, who paid a working visit to the Republic of Belarus at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Mr. Sergei Aleinik, arrived at the Minsk International Airport on the evening of 14 September 2023. At the airport, […]

Press Release (14 September 2023)

Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe, who paid a working visit to the Russian Federation at the invitation of Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, arrived at Tolmachevo International Airport in Novosibirsk, Russian Federation in the late evening on 12 September 2023. The Myanmar […]

Myanmar rejects the ASEAN Leaders’ Review and Decision on the Implementation of the five-point consensus(Nay Pyi Taw, 5 September2023)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes “the ASEAN Leaders’ Review and Decision on the implementation of the five-point consensus” issued at the 43rd ASEAN Summit held today in Jakarta, Indonesia. Myanmar was not represented at the 43rd ASEAN Summit as Myanmar’s rights for equal representation was denied contradicting Article 5 of the ASEAN Charter on […]

Myanmar’s Response to the statements and remarks made by certain countries and international organizations with regard to the incident that took place in Rakhine State in August 2017 (Nay Pyi Taw, 28 August 2023)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has observed that certain countries and international organizations issued statements and made remarks on the incident that took place in Rakhine State in August 2017. The Ministry recalls that, in fact, the incident was caused by the coordinated and synchronized attacks of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army – ARSA terrorist […]

Myanmar’s Response to Joint Statement by Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and the Britain (Nay Pyi Taw, 24 August 2023)

It is observed that a closed consultation on Myanmar​was convened at the United Nations Security Council on 23 August 2023 and after the consultation, Britain read out the Joint Statement of 13 council members (Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Gabon, Ghana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and the Britain). ​It […]

Myanmar categorically rejects the unfair and one-sided facts about Myanmar in the Joint Communiqué of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, as they contradict the Principles of the ASEAN Charter (Nay Pyi Taw,14July 2023)

On behalf of the Government of Myanmar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its disappointment regarding the unfair and one-sided facts about Myanmar in the Joint Communiqué of the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, held on 11 July 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Under the subtitle “The Development in Myanmar”, the Joint Communiqué mentioned the domestic […]

Press Statement (Nay Pyi Taw, 25 June 2023)

Press Statement The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has learnt that the Joint Statement from the United States and India released on 22 June 2023 mentioned about the situation in Myanmar. In this regard, the Ministry wishes to underscores that the incumbent Government which has been vested three pillars of powers by the State Constitution (2008) […]