Myanmar Violence: ASEAN Officials Meet Coup Leader Amid Rise In Killings Of Protesters
ASEAN leaders met Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing in an emergency summit in Indonesia on Saturday to urge for an end to violence by security forces in Myanmar AP/PTI Photo Associated Press (AP) 2021-04-24T12:35:16+05:30 Myanmar Violence: ASEAN Officials Meet Coup Leader Amid Rise In Killings Of Protesters outlookindia.com 2021-04-24T12:39:40+05:30
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Southeast Asian leaders met Myanmar s top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia Saturday and are expected to press calls for an end to violence by security forces that has left hundreds of protesters dead as well as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that Southeast Asian leaders have demanded an immediate end to killings and the release of political detainees in Myanmar, in an emergency summit with its top general and coup leader in the Indonesian capital.
The leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations also told Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing in the talks Saturday in Jakarta that a dialogue between contending parties in Myanmar should immediately start, Widodo said, adding that the situation in the troubled Southeast Asian nation is unacceptable.
According to several independent tallies, daily shootings by police and soldiers since the Feb. 1 coup have killed more than 700 mostly peaceful protesters and bystanders.
ASEAN leaders meet Myanmar coup leader Min Aung Hlaing in Indonesia, amid killings
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More than 4,300 police have fanned out across the Indonesian capital to secure the meetings, held under strict safeguards amid the pandemic.
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Indonesian marines patrol the street near the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Secretariat ahead of a leaders meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 24.
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More than 4,300 police have fanned out across the Indonesian capital to secure the meetings, held under strict safeguards amid the pandemic. Southeast Asian leaders met Myanmar’s top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia on Saturday, and are expected to press calls for an end to violence by security forces that has left hundreds of protesters dead as well as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees.
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Southeast Asian leaders met Myanmar’s top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia Saturday, and are expected to press calls for an end to violence by security forces that has left hundreds of protesters dead as well as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees.
There is little hope for an immediate breakthrough in the two-hour gathering in Jakarta between Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and the six heads of state and three foreign ministers representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. But his decision to face them offers a rare chance for the 10-nation bloc to directly deal with the general who ousted one of its leaders in a Feb. 1 coup.