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Yangon – Myanmar’s military leader praised President Trump and asked him to raise the sanctions, said the ruling board on Friday, after a fee letter from the president of the United States that he has taken as Washington’s first public recognition of his rule. Min Aung Hlaing supported Mr. Trump’s false statement that the US 2020 elections were stolen, and thanked him for Offing funds for media backed by the United States The points of sale that have long provided an independent coverage of Myanmar torn by conflicts.

The military Expelled from the elected civil government of Aung San Suu Kyi In 2021, sinking the country, which is also known as Burma, in the Civil War. Suu Kyi has He remained imprisoned Since then.

The United States Department of State sanctioned the Chief of the Board and others to Use “violence and terror to oppress” Burmese people and “deny them the ability to freely choose their own leaders.”

American diplomats do not formally involve the Board, but Trump sent a letter to Min Cong Hlaing by name on Monday, telling him that the United States would impose a 40% rate since August 1, below 44% threatened. It was one of 20 similar letters sent to world leaders by Mr. Trump in recent days.

“It is certainly the first public indication that I have seen from us the recognition of MAH and the Board,” said Richard Horsey of the International Group Crisis.

An above private communication “surely would not have been Trump, of course,” he told News.

Min Aung Hlaing took the opportunity to respond with a letter of several pages published both in the Burmese and English team by the Board information team on Friday.

In him, he expressed his “sincere appreciation” for Mr. Trump’s letter and praised the “strong leadership of the president of the United States to guide his country towards national prosperity.”

He tried to justify the seizure of power of the military, saying: “Similar to the challenges he faced during the 2020 election of the United States, Myanmar also experienced great electoral fraud and significant irregularities.”

Both Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, created by the United States with the mission of delivering news in countries without free media, have closed their operations in the Burmese language since the Trump administration reduced its funds.

Min Aung Hlaing said “I sincerely appreciated” Trump’s movement.

The Board depends more and more on its Chinese allies and Russia for economic and military support.

Min Aung Hlaing asked Mr. Trump to “reconsider the ease and lifting of economic sanctions imposed on Myanmar”, and looked for a 10-20%rate.

He thanked Mr. Trump for the “encouraging invitation to continue participating in the extraordinary economy of the United States, the number one market in the world.”

Trump’s punitive rates cards have left many nations fighting to ensure last -minute agreements with Washington before entering the next month.

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