MALAYSIA SAYS NO TO ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST MYANMAR.
Publication: AsiaPulse News
Publication Date: 27-SEP-07
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NEW YORK, Sept 27 Asia Pulse - Malaysia does not believe in imposing economic sanctions against Myanmar as this will not affect the targeted group but will usually hurt ordinary citizens more, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Wednesday.
Any hard or aggressive action would be counter-productive at this stage, he said when commenting on calls by certain countries that economic sanctions be effected against Myanmar for alleged human rights abuses and its relatively slow process of democratisation.
"We...
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