Myanmar Army parliament members receive AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD Covid-19 vaccine ahead of the start of the new parliament term in Naypyitaw on Saturday (Jan 30). - Reuters
YANGON, Jan 30 (AFP): More than a dozen embassies, including the US and EU delegation, urged Myanmar to "adhere to democratic norms" on Friday, joining the UN in a chorus of international concern about a possible coup.
Myanmar is just a decade out of nearly 50 years of military rule, with a nascent democracy governed under a junta-authored constitution which dictates power-sharing between the civilian administration and the country's generals.
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