US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the importance of working with international partners to address human rights abuses in Myanmar and to put the country back on the road to democracy, on 12 February.

He made the statement following a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa in Honolulu on Saturday 12 February.

In a statement US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said: "On Burma, the Secretary stressed the importance of working with international partners to address human rights abuses and press the regime to cease the violence, release all those unjustly detained, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and restore Burma's path to democracy," according to the ANI news agency.