Burma's ruling junta on Friday (December 23rd) denounced the resolution adopted on Wednesday by the UN Security Council calling for an end to violence and the release of political prisoners, including former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing the UN to want to "
destabilize
" the country.
The Security Council adopted, for the first time, this resolution on the situation in Burma, as China and Russia gave up their right of veto, which they had previously used to block other draft resolutions on Burma .
The Security Council had never managed to overcome its disagreements on this country to adopt a resolution, in particular because of the Russian and Chinese vetoes, and had never gone beyond the stage of formal declarations.
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"Intrusive Elements"
This resolution contains "
several intrusive elements in the internal affairs of Burma which violate the principles and objectives of the United Nations
", said the Burmese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release.
"
Exerting pressure to destabilize Burma rather than supporting the government's efforts does not help the country and Burma will not accept such acts
," the ministry said.
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The junta also reaffirmed in its statement that Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, had won the November 2020 elections thanks to massive fraud.
International observers point out that the elections were largely free and fair.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, 77, was arrested as head of government in the February 2021 military coup that ended a decade of democratic transition in the country. South East Asia.
The repression exerted by the military in power against pro-democracy demonstrators has left more than 2,500 dead, according to an NGO which lists the victims.