Asean is considering adding “positive developments” involving detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as part of the criteria for Myanmar’s return to key meetings, Asean diplomatic sources said Friday. The bloc’s foreign ministers have tasked their senior officials with refining the criteria to submit their recommendations to the grouping’s summit in November. Asean said in a joint statement following its foreign ministers’ meeting in Manila on Tuesday that it will “comprehensively review” Myanmar’s implementation of the “five-point consensus,” a peace initiative agreed upon in 2021 to end the violence following the military coup. READ: Asean urged to seek release […]...Keep on reading: Asean weighs Suu Kyi progress as Myanmar return benchmark
Asean weighs Suu Kyi progress as Myanmar return benchmark