TotalEnergies has told a rights group that it backs the imposition of sanctions on its payments to Myanmar's junta from gas operations in the country and that it has asked the French government to put in place a legal framework for sanctions.
"TotalEnergies will not only comply with any sanction decision from the European or American authorities but also supports the implementation of such targeted sanctions," read the letter published by the rights group. Last year, TotalEnergies and U.S. energy company Chevron suspended some payments from their gas joint venture that would have reached Myanmar's junta.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army overthrew the elected government and detained its leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and the junta has used brutal force to put down protests and armed resistance in support of the ousted civilian administration.
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