This is a familiar opening move in a gambit to force a floating currency valuation (we just saw this in Egypt last year). Artificially depleting Foreign Currency Reserves by demanding unsustainable debt repayment. This will require Myanmar to further capitulate with the demands of foreign investors, devalue the currency, and eventually relinquish control over the currency valuation entirely.
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