Japanese government urged to suspend ODA and projects that benefit the military junta
Providing Official Development Assistance (ODA) loans provided by the Japanese government for the development of Myanmar, and the Japan Oversea Infrastructure Investment Corporation for Transport and Urban Development (JOIN) and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), which are funded by the Japanese government, are involved in the renovation projects of the Military History Museum which is benefit the military junta, therefore, 85 civil society organizations that are participated in the Spring Revolution urged the Japanese government to stop them for profiting the terrorist group on December 1, 2023.
In this open letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Ministry of foreign affairs, Ministry of finance and land, Ministry of infrstructure, and Minister of Transport and Tourism, mentioned that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan stated that the projects being carried out with Japanese ODA loans during the terrorist group coup must be reviewed, but there has been no progress to date.
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