Myanmar parallel government asks U.S. for more sanctions

Myanmar’s pro-democracy forces want the United States to issue stronger sanctions against the junta that seized power in the country two years ago and increase funding for pro-democratic forces, the parallel civilian government’s foreign minister told Reuters on Friday
Zin Mar Aung of the National Unity Government (NUG), an organization comprised of remnants of the administration of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others, spoke to Reuters at the end of a weeklong visit to Washington that included meetings with Biden administration officials and members of Congress.
The United States and its allies announced the latest round of sanctions against the military government on Jan. 31, ahead of the two-year anniversary of the coup that triggered global outrage and prompted domestic opponents to set up guerrilla forces.
“We still need to get and to put the sanctions more and more, because (they’re) not enough yet,” Zin Mar Aung said at a new office the NUG officially opened this week.
She called for financial sanctions on the state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Corporation that would cut off a major source of foreign currency for the junta and reduce the military’s access to aviation fuel to conduct airstrikes that have led to allegations of targeting civilians.