ミャンマー、在京外交官「解任」　日本政府は在留容認

　加藤勝信官房長官は２０日の記者会見で、駐日ミャンマー大使館から、ミャンマー人外交官２人のパスポートを無効化すると通知があったことを明らかにした。日本政府関係者によると、２人は国軍による市民弾圧を批判しており、解任されたとみられる。
　通常、外交官は解任されれば在留資格を失うが、加藤氏は「現下のミャンマー情勢を踏まえ、どのような対応が適切か政府として検討していく」と述べ、当面は在留を認める考えを示した。（2021/05/20-16:30）

Myanmar's Embassy in Tokyo has notified the Japanese government of the revocation of the passports of two Myanmar diplomats, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said Thursday.
   The diplomats at the embassy are believed to have been dismissed as they have criticized the Myanmar military's crackdown on citizens, according to a Japanese government source.
   Diplomats usually lose their residency status in the countries where they are deployed once they are dismissed.
   But Kato told a press conference that the Japanese government will "consider what response is appropriate, taking the current situation in Myanmar into account," suggesting that the two people in question will be allowed to stay in Japan for the time being.
   According to the Foreign Ministry, the Japanese side received a note on the invalidation of the passports from the embassy in March, after the military coup in the Southeast Asian nation in early February.