Singapore, Indonesia condemn attack on diplomats in Myanmar
Singapore and Indonesia have condemned an attack on regional diplomats on a humanitarian aid mission in crisis-hit Myanmar's northeastern Shan State.
Singapore said two staff from its embassy in Yangon were part of the convoy that came under fire on Sunday, and had returned safely to the city.
'Singapore condemns this attack,' the city-state’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement late on Monday.
It was not clear who was behind the attack, which Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said took place as the officials were on their way to 'hand over humanitarian aid' in the region. The convoy was under military escort at the time.
'Regretfully on their way, there was a shootout,' Widodo was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Tuesday that the attack took place as the vehicles were heading from Hsihseng to
Taunggyi and that 'the terrorists shot them using small weapons and the security forces launched a counterattack'.
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