Southeast Asia foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea dispute
Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...
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‘Stop the violence’: ASEAN tells Myanmar to prioritise peace over holding elections, says bloc chair Malaysia
Malaysia has appointed a new ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar to try and implement the regional bloc’s stalled peace plan for ...
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ASEAN Tells Myanmar to Prioritize Ceasefire Over Elections
The regional bloc told a junta representative at a meeting that a poll is “not a priority at the moment," Malaysia’s foreign ...
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Asean tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority
Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday (Jan 19) its plan to hold an election amid an escalating ...
Tok Mat to Myanmar: Priority is to end violence
LANGKAWI: Asean foreign ministers have stressed to Myanmar that it is more important to bring about peace in the country ...
Myanmar: Where China wants election, West and its allies want it deferred
As Myanmar’s military junta has announced the intention to hold elections this year, China has supported the move whereas the ...
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Myanmar junta, rebels sign ceasefire deal, announces China
Association of Southeast Asian Nations appoints Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim special envoy to Myanmar - Anadolu Ajansı ...
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ASEAN Appoints New Envoy for Myanmar
Malaysian diplomat Othman Hashim faces the weary task of engaging the junta and persuading it to abide by a Five-Point Consensus ASEAN drew up after the coup.
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Myanmar junta air strike kills 28 at detention centre, ethnic group says
BANGKOK: A Myanmar junta air strike killed 28 people, including children, and wounded 25 at a temporary detention area in ...