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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top military officer from the United States and nearly a dozen of his counterparts are set to condemn on Saturday the deadly use of force by Myanmar\u2019s security forces and say the country\u2019s military has lost credibility with its people.<\/p>

Tires burn on a street as protests against the military coup continue, in Mandalay, Myanmar March 27, 2021. REUTERS\/Stringer<\/figcaption>

The joint statement, obtained by Reuters ahead of its planned release this weekend, is a rare declaration by the most senior military commanders from countries around the world, including in Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n

It came after news reports and witnesses said Myanmar security forces killed 114 people on Saturday, including some children, on Armed Forces Day – the bloodiest day of its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters since last month\u2019s military coup.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs Chiefs of Defense, we condemn the use of lethal force against unarmed people by the Myanmar Armed Forces and associated security services,\u201d read the draft statement.<\/p>\n

It was signed by 12 chiefs of defense from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, United Kingdom and the United States.<\/p>\n

Diplomats from these countries have already condemned the bloodshed by Myanmar\u2019s military, making the statement largely symbolic. Myanmar\u2019s military has so far ignored criticism of its violent crackdown on dissent.<\/p>\n

While the draft statement did not explicitly condemn the Feb. 1 coup, which ousted Aung San Suu Kyi\u2019s elected government, it said that a professional military must follow international standards for conduct \u201cand is responsible for protecting – not harming – the people it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n

It said the country\u2019s military must \u201ccease violence and work to restore respect and credibility with the people of Myanmar that it has lost through its actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Myanmar\u2019s military has said it took power because November elections won by Suu Kyi\u2019s party were fraudulent, an assertion dismissed by the country\u2019s election commission. Suu Kyi remains in detention at an undisclosed location and many other figures in her National League for Democracy party are also in custody.<\/p>\n

The deaths on Saturday, Myanmar\u2019s annual Armed Forces Day, which commemorates the start of resistance to Japanese occupation in 1945, would take the number of civilians reported killed since the coup to more than 440.<\/p>\n

New U.S. and European sanctions this week increased external pressure on the junta. But Myanmar\u2019s generals have enjoyed some support from Russia and China, both veto-holding members of the U.N. Security Council that could block any potential U.N. action.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s deputy defense minister Alexander Fomin attended a parade in Myanmar\u2019s capital Naypyitaw on Saturday, having met senior junta leaders a day earlier.<\/p>\n

Diplomats said eight countries – Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand – sent representatives to the Armed Forces Day parade, but Russia was the only one to send a minister.<\/p>\n

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