Protesters from Myanmar residing in Japan hold a portrait of leader Aung San Suu Kyi at a rally against Myanmar's military after it seized power from a democratically elected civilian government and arrested Suu Kyi, at United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan on Feb 1, 2021. - Reuters
UNITED NATIONS (AFP): The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Myanmar Tuesday (Feb 2)but was unable to agree on a statement about the country's military coup, with diplomats saying negotiations will continue.
"China and Russia have asked for more time," one diplomat told AFP following the behind-closed-doors videoconference meeting in New York that lasted just over two hours.
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