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Myanmar junta says was no bargaining with other countries before freeing foreigners

Junta Myanmar Zaw Min Tun
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's military spokesman General Zaw Min Tun attends a news conference in Naypyitaw, Myanmar February 16, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Myanmar's ruling military on Friday said it did not engage in political bargaining with other countries before releasing four foreign prisoners among nearly 6,000 in an amnesty this week.

Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun was speaking at a regular briefing, a day after Australian economist Sean Turnell, former British ambassador Vicky Bowman, Japanese filmmaker Toru Kubota and U.S. citizen Kyaw Htay Oo were released.

(Reporting by Reuters staff; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor)

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