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Thai FM says met Suu Kyi in first foreign envoy meeting since 2021 coup
"There was a meeting, she was in good health and it was a good meeting," Don Pramudwinai told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in Jakarta.
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Thailand's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Don Pramudwinai gives a press following his meeting with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara, on January 26, 2023.
(AFP/Adem Altan)
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hailand's foreign minister met with ousted Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi last week, he told reporters Wednesday, her first known meeting with a foreign envoy since she was detained following a 2021 coup.
"There was a meeting, she was in good health and it was a good meeting," Don Pramudwinai told reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in Jakarta.
On Wednesday, ASEAN foreign ministers held a retreat expected to address an intensifying conflict in army-ruled Myanmar, as cracks appear in the regional bloc over a two-year-old peace process that has yet to get off the ground.
The gathering of ASEAN in Jakarta comes as patience wears thin among its 10 members over Myanmar's military rulers' refusal to halt hostilities and start inclusive dialogue, as agreed to by its top general in April 2021.
Myanmar has been beset by fighting since the military seized power in early 2021 before unleashing a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy opponents, which prompted a wave of retaliatory attacks by a resistance movement and ethnic minority armies.
