On Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the world community to make sure Monday's coup in Myanmar fails, asserting that the reversal of elections is "unacceptable."
"We'll do everything we can to mobilize all the key actors of the international community to put enough pressure on Myanmar to make sure that this coup fails," Guterres said.
"It's absolutely unacceptable to reverse the result of the elections and the will of the people,” Guterres affirmed. "I hope that it'll be possible to make the military in Myanmar understand that this is not the way to rule the country and this is not the way to move forward."
The UN Secretary-General called for constitutional order to be re-established in Myanmar, noting that he hoped there would be unity in the Security Council on the matter.
On his part, US President Joe Biden had a call with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and discussed working together to hold those responsible for the coup in Myanmar, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
In the same context, Myanmar’s new leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing announced that the military government formed after Monday’s coup plans an investigation into fraud in the elections that took place last November.
He added that among the government’s priorities at the present time are to address the spread of the new Coronavirus, in addition to following up on the country’s economic affairs.
On Monday, Myanmar’s army pledged to hold fresh elections and transfer power to the winning party, hours after carrying out a coup.
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