Myanmar's Foreign Affairs Ministry will hold talks with officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next week, a spokesperson of the State Administration Council said on Saturday.
Protesters in Myanmar’s largest city demonstrate against the military coup, showing their resolve to continue their resistance two days after Southeast Asian leaders met to address the country’s crisis.
Myanmar's shadow government of ousted lawmakers has welcomed a call by Southeast Asian leaders for an end to 'military violence' after their crisis talks in Jakarta with junta leader Min Aung Hlaing.
When the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations holds a special summit on Saturday to discuss Myanmar, the regional body will be under as much scrutiny as the general who led the February coup.
Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar’s political upheavals risk causing a regional refugee crisis as the strife following a February coup displaces growing numbers of people who have lost their livelihoods.