The Embassy of Myanmar in

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, also referred to as the Embassy of Burma, is the

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Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

in the

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Kyaw Zwar Minn Kyaw Zwar Minn ( my, ဦးကျော်စွာမင်း U Kyaw Zwar Minn) is a Burmese diplomat who is serving as Ambassador of Myanmar to the United Kingdom, and non-resident Ambassador to Sweden, Ireland and Denmark since 2013. In resp ...

had served as

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to the United Kingdom since 5 March 2014, when he presented his

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. In response to the coup d'état carried out in Myanmar on 1st February 2021, Ambassador Kyaw Zwar Minn publicly demanded, on 8 March, the release of State Counsellor

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and

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with denying the legitimacy of the

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's rule. On 7 April 2021 Minn was locked out of the Embassy by its pro-junta

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Gallery

File:Embassy of Myanmar in London 3.jpg, Plaque outside the embassy File:Embassy of Myanmar in London 2.jpg, Alternative view of the embassy; the

State Seal of Burma The State Seal of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ( my, ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် နိုင်ငံတော်အထိမ်းအမှတ်တံဆိပ ...

can be seen affixed above the entrance

References

External links

Official site

Myanmar–United Kingdom relations

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