New Zealand suspending ties with Myanmar, imposing travel ban on military leaders after coup

New Zealand is suspending all high-level contact with Myanmar and imposing a travel ban on its military leaders following last week’s coup.

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today told a news conference Wellington would deliver a “strong message” by ensuring its aid program would not include projects that would be of any benefit to Myanmar’s military government.

“One of the things we will do is suspend that high-level dialogue … and make sure any funding we put into Myanmar does not in any way support the military regime,”…