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This weekend’s special summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will go ahead without the participation of Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, the leader confirmed on Tuesday.
The leaders of Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Brunei have confirmed their attendance at the April 24 meeting in Jakarta, but according to the Bangkok Post, Prayut will instead be represented by Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai. Uncertainty also surrounds the attendance of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, amid rumors of ill health.
The summit has been convened to discuss the political crisis in Myanmar, after weeks of efforts by certain ASEAN member states, particularly Indonesia, to advance a regional solution to the political crisis.
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Myanmar s junta chief Gen. Min Aung Hlaing presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27. | REUTERS
AFP-Jiji Apr 18, 2021
Yangon, Myanmar – Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing will join a special ASEAN summit next week, the Thai Foreign Ministry said Saturday, his first official trip since masterminding a coup which deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The Feb. 1 coup triggered a massive uprising, bringing hundreds of thousands of protesters to the streets to demand a return to democracy, while civil servants have boycotted work in a bid to shutter the junta’s administration.
YANGON: Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing is set to join Southeast Asian leaders at a special summit in Jakarta next week, the Thai foreign ministry said Saturday, in what will be the coup leader’s first official trip since the military deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Since the February 1 coup, Myanmar has been in turmoil – with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets to demand a return to democracy.
The junta has sought to quell the anti-coup movement with lethal force, killing more than 720 people and detaining some 3,100 activists, journalists and dissidents, according to a local monitoring group.
Myanmar junta leader set to join ASEAN summit
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17/04/2021 - 09:50 General Min Aung Hlaing, shown in Feburary, will attend an ASEAN summit in Jakarta - Myanmar Radio and Television/AFP 3 min
Yangon (AFP)
Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing is set to join Southeast Asian leaders at a special summit in Jakarta next week, the Thai foreign ministry said Saturday, in what will be the coup leader s first official trip since the military deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Since the February 1 coup, Myanmar has been in turmoil with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets to demand a return to democracy.