ASEAN leaders meeting on Myanmar begins in Indonesia Sat 24th April 2021 | 10:40 PM
The Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) leaders has begun a meeting in Indonesia on Saturday to seek a solution to the Myanmar crisis, which has killed more than 700 people since the Feb. 1 military coup
JAKARTA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Apr, 2021 ) :The Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) leaders has begun a meeting in Indonesia on Saturday to seek a solution to the Myanmar crisis, which has killed more than 700 people since the Feb. 1 military coup.
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah fromBrunei Darussalam, the current chair of the regional bloc, is presiding over the meeting at the office of ASEAN Secretariat in Indonesian capital Jakarta.
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