SINGAPORE, March 2 (Reuters) - Singapore's foreign minister
on Tuesday urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations'
(ASEAN) external partners not to impose broad-based economic
sanctions that will harm the ordinary people of Myanmar.
"In the current climate, foreign investors, including in
Singapore, are beginning to re-evaluate their investments in
Myanmar's economy," said Vivian Balakrishnan, according to a
transcript of his comments in a meeting with other ASEAN foreign
ministers.
"Singapore calls on the Myanmar military authorities to
publicly commit, in words and in deeds today, to exercise utmost
restraint, and to desist from the use of lethal force, and to
steadfastly ensure that there is no further violence and
bloodshed," he added.