MANILA, Philippines — Philippines has dissociated from the United Nations resolution which urged for the freedom of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other officials amid the military coup in Myanmar, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday.
“The Philippines joined China, Russia, Venezuela and Bolivia in dissociating itself from the HRC consensus that adopted the resolution without calling for a vote,” read the DFA statement.
DFA added that it dissociated from the UN resolution as it “supports territorial integrity of Myanmar.”
“As a sovereign country in a world of sovereign states, the Philippines cannot stress strongly enough the primacy of nati…
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