WASHINGTON, July 25 (AFP): The US Congress yesterday voted to renew a ban on all imports from military-ruled Myanmar under a sanctions regime imposed over the suppression of Aung San Suu Kyi's democracy movement.
The Senate voted 93-1 to extend the measures for another year, a day after the House of Representatives passed the measure on a unanimous voice vote.
"The United States stands squarely with the long-suffering people of Burma and against this brutal regime," said the top Republican in the Democratic-led Senate, Mitch McConnell.
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, another long-standing supporter of Aung San Suu Kyi, said the sanctions regime should remain in place until Myanmar's military rulers embrace true political reform.
US Congress renews Myanmar imports ban
FE Team | Published: July 26, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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