India and the US have agreed to remain in contact as well as exchange assessments of the situation in Myanmar following the military coup, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday.
MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said at a media briefing that developments in Myanmar were discussed during the telephonic conversations between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
He said India believes that the rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld in Myanmar.
"We believe that the rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld. As immediate neighbours with close cultural and people-to-people ties as well as relations strengthened by exchanges in trade, economy, security and defence," Srivastava said.
"We are closely monitoring developments in that country. We will remain engaged with all concerned on this issue," he added.
Last week, Myanmar's military grabbed power in the coup against the civilian government and imposed a state of emergency after detaining Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD).
The country witnessed massive protests in the last few days against the February 1 coup.
Srivastava also said that India has received a letter from Myanmar's military citing reasons for its action in the country. The Myanmarese military sent similar letters to several other countries.
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden announced a series of sanctions on the military leaders of Myanmar for overthrowing the NLD government in the coup.
"Recent developments in Myanmar were discussed during the telephone conversations between President Biden and Prime Minister Modi on February 8 and the External Affairs Minister and his US counterpart Secretary Blinken on February 9," Srivastava said.
"India and the US have agreed to remain in contact and exchange assessments on the situation," he said.
(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Dear Reader,
Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. Your encouragement and constant feedback on how to improve our offering have only made our resolve and commitment to these ideals stronger. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance.
We, however, have a request.
As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Our subscription model has seen an encouraging response from many of you, who have subscribed to our online content. More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. We believe in free, fair and credible journalism. Your support through more subscriptions can help us practise the journalism to which we are committed.
Support quality journalism and subscribe to Business Standard.
Digital Editor
RECOMMENDED FOR YOU