US says lifting of some Myanmar sanctions had no link to general's letter to Trump


WASHINGTON: White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly has rejected Human Rights Watch comments on the lifting of some US sanctions on Myanmar as "fake news," and a second senior Trump administration official said the sanctions decisions were not indicative of a broader shift in US policy toward Myanmar.

The United States has lifted sanctions designations on several allies of Myanmar's ruling generals that had been imposed under the former Biden administration.

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