Biden threats American sanctions in response to Myanmar's coup

Washington: US President Joe Biden threatened Monday to reimpose the sanctions in Myanmar following a coup by the country's military leaders and called for a concerted international response to support them to renounce power.

Biden sentenced the control of the government's army led by civilians on Monday and its detention of elected officials and Nobellureat Aung San Suu Kyi

 as "a direct aggression on the transition from the country to democracy and the rule of law".

The Myanmar crisis marks a major first trial of Biden's commitment to more collaborating with the allies on international challenges, particularly on China's growing influence, unlike former President Donald Trump's often, the first approach "America".

He also represented a rare policy alignment between the other Biden democrats and the best Republicans, while they joined the coup and to urge the consequences of Myanmar's military fafac e

cehe international community should meet with one voice to support the Burmese army to immediately renounce the power they have seized, release the activists and officials they have been detained, "said Biden in a statement.

"The United States removed sanctions in Burma over the last decade on the basis of progress in democracy. The overthrow of these progress will require an immediate examination of our laws and our sanction authorities, followed by a Appropriate action, "he said.

Biden also called the army in Myanmar, also called Burma, to remove all restrictions on telecommunications and to refrain from violence against civilians

He stated that the United States "took note of those who stand with the people of Burma in this difficult time."

"We will work with our partners throughout the region and in the world to support the restoration of democracy and the rule of law, as well as taking into account the reversal of the democratic transition of Burma", a- he said.

The Party of the National League of Suu Kyi's Democracy has won a landslide from 83% to 8 November. The army said by taking again the first hours on Monday that it had answered what it is called electoral fraud.

The White House spokesman Jen Psaki told a news briefing regularly that the United States had "intensive" conversations with allies about Myanmar. She refused to say what other actions were in the study of sanctions.

Asked if the biden affirmation that the United States takes note "in the way the other countries responded to China, Psaki told reporters:" This is a message to all countries in the region. "

The Top Democrat of the Senate External Relations Committee, Robert Lead, stated that the United States and other countries "should impose strict economic sanctions, as well as other measures" against the army of Myanmar and the leaders If they did not liberate elected leaders and eliminate the government themselvesthemselvesMenendez also invoiced that the Myanmar Army was guilty of "genocide" against the Muslims of Rohingya Minority - a determination to be stated that the US government - and a sustained campaign of violence against other minorities .

The Republican American Senate Manager Mitch McConnell, who loves members of the Biden Administration has had narrow ties with Suu Kyi, called "horrible" arrests and asked for a difficult answer.

"The administration of Biden must adopt a strong stand and our partners and all democracies around the world should take action by condemning this authoritative assault on democracy," he said.

McConnell added that Washington had to "impose costs" on those behind the coup.

The events in Myanmar are a significant shot for the biden administration and its efforts to forge a robust Pacific Asia policy to resist China.

Many Asian Biden policy teams, including head, Kurt Campbell, are veterans from the Obama administration, who at the end of former President Barack Obama, welcomed his work to end Decades of military rules.