Daniel Kritenbrink speaking to reporters in Singapore during his four-day visit to South-East Asia on Dec 2, 2021.- US EMBASSY SINGAPORE
BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): All options are on the table when it comes to applying pressure, including by increasing sanctions, on the military junta in Myanmar to stop acts of violence against the people as well as their detention, a senior United States diplomat said on Thursday (Dec 2).
"All options are on the table, and I think it is our responsibility not just as the US, but as the international community, to do whatever we can to affect change and the unacceptable coup d'état and violence that has been carried out against the Burmese people," said Daniel Kritenbrink, the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
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