Myanmar junta slams France over 'illegitimate' snub, threatens ties

Yangon (AFP) June 6, 2022

Myanmar's junta on Monday expressed its "utmost indignation" at a French diplomatic snub describing it as an illegitimate government, warning it could threaten bilateral ties. Last week the junta said it would execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted party and a prominent democracy activist, in what would by the country's first judicial executions in decades. The announ