Asean has led so far fruitless diplomatic efforts to curb the bloodshed since a February 2021 military coup. Read more at straitstimes.com.
YANGON - Myanmar on Saturday confirmed the country’s foreign minister would attend controversial “informal talks” in Bangkok on the coup-hit country’s political crisis, as Singapore warned that conditions were not yet right for Asean to re-engage the military junta at high-level meetings.that ousted democratically elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from office.
Late on Saturday, the junta’s information team confirmed that Myanmar Foreign Minister Than Shwe “was invited to a meeting in Thailand and he would go”. The 10-country bloc barred Myanmar’s junta from top-level summits over its failure to implement a five-point peace plan agreed upon two years ago. “In consideration of several pressing factors, the time for dialogues is sooner rather than later,” Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai wrote in an invitation letter, seen by AFP.about the talks.
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