US orders departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar
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[WASHINGTON] The US State Department ordered the departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar, it said in a statement on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on protesters that has killed hundreds since the country's military coup
In mid-February, the State Department authorised a "voluntary departure of non-emergency US government employees and their family members", its office of the spokesperson said in a statement, adding that it had "updated that status to ordered departure."
AFP
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