MYANMAR delegation led by H.E. U Ko Ko Hlaing, Agent of Myanmar and Union Minister for International Cooperation, and H.E. Dr. Thi Da Oo, Alter­nate Agent of Myanmar and Union Minister for Legal Af­fairs and Union Attorney-Gen­eral, attended the open court at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands on 22 July 2022.

The Gambia filed the case against Myanmar at the Inter­national Court of Justice on 11 November 2019, alleging viola­tion of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punish­ment of the Crime of Genocide.

The International Court of Justice delivered its judge­ment in respect of the pre­liminary objections raised by Myanmar on 22 July 2022.

It is learned that the My­anmar delegation who attend­ed the aforementioned open court, departed from Amster­dam International Airport at 2050 hrs on 23 July 2022 and safely arrived back at Yangon International Airport at 2107 hrs on 24 July 2022.

MNA