Myanmar junta leader says polls to be held in December at earliest


YANGON/MINSK (Bloomberg): Myanmar’s long-promised general elections will take place in December or January next year at the earliest, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said at a state-level meeting in Minsk, the latest effort by the military government to retain power and earn legitimacy. 

Min Aung Hlaing, held talks with Belarusian officials on Friday after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this week. 

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