@thantmyintu@WFP We are oversupply with rice , some 50000 mt of them piled at Chinese border in tic for tack business dealing. Farmers are not in good shape due to rising dollar which plays vital role in fertilizer import. When the farmers stop producing rice we will be famine.
Than Shwe tried to write a happy ending story for himself. but as soon as his authority started to wanes all the ambitious guys trying to reach top at all cost . That’s backfired and shattered his dream. Now he is having nightmares
@bhatia_rk@psanjay_in Was an incredibly contingent process: starting w/Than Shwe's decision to fracture power post-retirement between CinC, Thein Sein, & Shwe Mann; rivalry between TS and SM then allowed others to shape opening; sanctions/engagement important only when this domestic landscape in place
Draft UN General Assembly (non-binding) resolution on "The situation in Myanmar", which, inter alia, calls for an "immediate suspension" to arms sales "to Myanmar". Meant to have been discussed/decided today but now postponed. https://t.co/Pebfr9UPuE