United States officially recognized that the Burmese army launched a coup and cut off aid allocations.

February 3 According to AFP Washington, on the 2nd local time, the United States officially recognized that the Myanmar military had launched a “coup” and suspended the aid allocation to the Myanmar government.

The decision was announced by U.S. Department of Defense officials, but the measure is more symbolic than substantive, because almost all U.S. aid to Myanmar is directed at non-governmental organizations, which will not be affected, the report said.