“We negatively assess the persistent desire of Western countries to use the HRC to politicize the Myanmar issue and give its discussion a confrontational character,” TASS quoted him as saying.

According to him, the Russian side believes that the task of the world community is to promote a settlement in Myanmar without interfering in the internal affairs of this country.

In February, it was reported that Russia and Myanmar had signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful atom.

In December 2021, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the US authorities are in favor of imposing a ban on the supply of weapons to the Myanmar military.

In August 2022, Myanmar decided to extend the state of emergency for six months.