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Indonesia to host discussions on Myanmar conflict, diplomat says
The discussion on the bloody conflict raging in Myanmar, which has been ongoing since a coup in 2021, is set to take place just before ASEAN gathers in Laos for a leaders’ summit on Oct. 6 to 11.
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People clean up the debris of destroyed and damaged buildings in the aftermath of bombardments carried out by Myanmar's military in Lashio in Myanmar's northern Shan State on September 24, 2024. Lashio is the largest urban center to fall to any of Myanmar's myriad ethnic minority armed groups who have been fighting the central authorities on and off for decades, but analysts say the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) will struggle to govern the strategic city. (AFP/-)
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iplomatic talks on Myanmar's civil war will be held in Jakarta ahead of a regional summit convening next week, a senior diplomat in Indonesia told AFP on Thursday.
The talks on Friday and Saturday will involve representatives from "Indonesia, ASEAN, the European Union and the United Nations," as well as members of anti-junta groups, said the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Myanmar's ruling military was not expected to take part, the diplomat said.
The discussion on the bloody conflict raging in Myanmar, which has been ongoing since a coup in 2021, is set to take place just before ASEAN gathers in Laos for a leaders’ summit on Oct. 6 to 11.
The conflict in Myanmar is set to feature prominently on the 10-member bloc's agenda.
ASEAN, of which Myanmar is a member, has led several diplomatic pushes to resolve the crisis but has made little progress.
Myanmar's military leaders have been barred from high-level ASEAN meetings.
The topic has divided the bloc at previous meetings, with Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines calling for tougher action against coup leaders.
Thailand has held its own bilateral talks with the generals as well as with detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The latest diplomatic push comes as Myanmar's military reels from battlefield defeats to armed ethnic minority groups and pro-democracy "People's Defense Forces" (PDFs) that rose up to oppose the military coup.
More than 3 million people have been displaced after more than three years of war, according to the UN.
