NUG meets US Assistant Secretary of State
National Unity Government (NUG) ministers met Assistant Secretary of State of US Daniel Joseph Kritenbrink in New York on 20 September.
Foreign Minister Daw Zin Mar Aung, Communications Minister U Htin Lin Aung were accompanied by Deputy Ministers U Moe Zaw Oo and U Aung Kyaw Moe and UN Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun. The US Assistant Secretary of State assured the US support for the accountability for crimes committed by the military junta.
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