Regarding the invitation extended to the representatives of the terrorist
group so-called the National Unity Government (NUG) to the inauguration
ceremony of Timor- Leste’s 9th Cabinet, which was held on 1 July 2023 in Timor-
Leste and their meeting with President of Timor-Leste, U Chan Aye, Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of
Myanmar handed an Aide-Mémoire to Mr. Avelino Fernandes Ximenes Pereira,
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
in Yangon on 5 July 2023 at 1000 hrs. at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay
Pyi Taw. The Permanent Secretary conveyed the Myanmar Government’s strong
protest against the Government of Timor-Leste’s invitation to the NUG and urged
the Timor-Leste Government to refrain from making any forms of contact with
those terrorist groups and their representatives.
In the Aide-Mémoire, the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
calls upon the Timor-Leste authorities that such an invitation or communication to
the said representatives of the terrorist groups could abet terrorism and
encourage violence in the country and also hamper the Myanmar Government’s
anti-terrorism efforts and infringe international agreements related to combatting
terrorism.
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