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ASEAN ministers weigh not inviting Myanmar junta boss to summit: Envoy
The envoy, Erywan Yusof, Brunei's second foreign affairs minister, told a news conference that Myanmar's junta had not made progress on an ASEAN peace roadmap.
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This handout from the Myanmar News Agency (MNA) taken and released on June 4, 2021 shows Myanmar armed forces chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing (right) meeting with Brunei's Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof (left) in Naypyidaw, Myanmar. (AFP/Myanmar News Agency/-)
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inisters of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are discussing not inviting junta leader Min Aung Hlaing to an upcoming leaders' summit, the grouping's special envoy to the country said on Wednesday.
The envoy, Erywan Yusof, Brunei's second foreign affairs minister, told a news conference that Myanmar's junta had not made progress on an ASEAN peace roadmap.
He added that the junta had not directly responded to his requests to meet detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose government the military overthrew in February.
Earlier on Monday, ASEAN foreign ministers Monday voiced disappointment about army-ruled Myanmar's commitment to an agreed peace plan, with one foreign minister saying he was concerned about the junta leader attending a regional summit later this month.
Myanmar's military has been condemned by much of the international community for its Feb. 1 coup and bloody crackdown on strikes and pro-democracy demonstrations, which derailed a decade of tentative democracy and economic reform.
World powers, including the United States, China and the United Nations, had backed diplomatic efforts by a special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to engage the junta and its opponents and end the crisis.
"There's been no significant progress in Myanmar. The military has not given a positive response to what has been attempted by the special envoy," Indonesian foreign minister, Retno Marsudi, told a news conference following a meeting of regional counterparts.
