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View all search resultsThe crisis in Myanmar, which is still in chaos following February's military takeover and subsequent deadly crackdown, dominated this week's virtual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said the exclusion of Myanmar’s coup maker Min Aung Hlaing was a difficult but necessary decision given the military regime’s reluctance to accept ASEAN’s “helping hand” in resolving its protracted political crisis.
Erywan Yusof, second foreign minister of Brunei which currently holds the rotating ASEAN chair, told reporters in Bandar Seri Begawan that the meetings between ASEAN and its dialogue partners were productive, referring to an agreement reached by the group and China on the preamble to the code of conduct on the South China Sea.
The trip by Lim Jock Hoi, secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and Erywan Pehin Yusof, Brunei's second foreign minister, is considered to be in preparation for the envisioned dispatch of a special envoy to Myanmar.
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