and other oil firms operating in the country to suspend payments to the military-controlled state following last month's coup.
"The coup has left international oil companies with operations in Myanmar with no option other than to suspend their relationships with the military junta," the parallel civilian government said in a letter addressed to Total and posted on its official Facebook page. Similar letters published online were also addressed to Malaysia's Petronas, South Korea's POSCO, and Thailand's PTTEP.
"Total condemns violations of fundamental rights wherever they take place and will be aligned with any decisions on sanctions," Total said in a statement on Monday, March 15, responding to an article about its Myanmar operations.Total, which operated under a previous period of military rule in Myanmar that ended in 2011, has repeatedly said the gas fields was exempt from previous sanctions and it was acting as a positively engaged actor in the country.
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