Protesters in Myanmar took to the streets again on Tuesday to protest the ousting of Aung San Suu Kyi selected government last month, as foreign ministers geared up to meet on the crisis
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Updated at 4:20 p.m. ET on 2021-03-01
Southeast Asian foreign ministers will hold a special meeting on Tuesday on the political crisis in Myanmar, the Indonesian foreign ministry said, as the regional and international community condemned a deadly weekend crackdown against pro-democracy protesters.
The online meeting was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. Jakarta time (8 a.m. GMT) and would be hosted by Brunei, this year’s chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesian foreign ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah said on Monday.
“We are making preparations for the meeting,” Faizasyah told BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service.
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March 2 (Reuters) - Myanmar police opened fire on Tuesday to disperse crowds protesting against a military coup as foreign ministers of neighbouring countries prepared to hold talks with the junta in a bid to find a peaceful way out of the crisis.
The talks, to be held in a video call, will come two days after the bloodiest day of unrest since the military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi s elected government on Feb. 1, unleashing anger and mass street protests across the country.
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