This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on June 5, 2021 shows protesters marching during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFP
YANGON, June 6 (dpa): The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, has met Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing, the first visit by a senior Western official to Myanmar since the February 1 coup.
During the talks on Thursday (June 3), Maurer stressed the importance of his organisation gaining access to remote regions.
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