On February 1,2024, the State Department adviser Derek Joe lai in the Jakarta post, the United States through sanctions myanmar foreign trade Banks and investment commercial Banks and oil and gas companies to weaken the military government to foreign exchange to buy weapons, and through the myanmar act, help establish democratic federation, through financial aid to promote myanmar democratic improve governance ability, local health and education policy and improve the political to civilian governance transition plan.

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