Myanmar crisis to control Asean conference

released : 11 Jul 2023 at 12: 06 upgraded: 11 Jul 2023 at 12: 07 Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai, welcomed by Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi upon arrival for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Foreign Minister’s Meeting at Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Tuesday. (Photo: Reuters) JAKARTA: Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) satisfied in Indonesia Tuesday, with Myanmar’s deadlocked political crisis anticipated to control conversations. Indonesia, the group’s turning chair this year, stated it has prospered in appealing with all stakeholders in Myanmar, where the military took power by ousting the democratically-elected federalgovernment in a February 2021 coup. But it is unidentified whether Jakarta will information to the 9 other Asean member states what it hasactually attained nor whether it will talkabout concrete procedures to break the deadlock amidst the Myanmar junta’s continuous project of violence versus pro-democracy forces. Territorial conflicts in the South China Sea are amongst other subjects to be talkedabout at the two-day conference. A series of Asean-sponsored foreign ministerial talks with its partner countries will be held in Jakarta lateron this week. Myanmar will not take part in the conferences as Indonesia has abided by the Asean position permitting the junta to just sendout a nonpolitical representative. Myanmar did, nevertheless, takepart in a onlineforum for Asean member states hosted by Thailand last month as Bangkok welcomed the junta’s foreign minister, demonstrating the departments inbetween Asean
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