The Association of Southeast Asian Nations' series of meetings got underway in Laos on Wednesday.
On the agenda: How to break the impasse in Myanmar, where fighting between the military and pro-democracy forces is intensifying.
Myanmar sent a representative to the summit for the first time in three years. The country's military seized power in a coup in 2021.
ASEAN leaders also discussed ways to implement the bloc's peace plan for Myanmar called the 5-Point Consensus. The plan stipulates an immediate end to the violence.
On the agenda: How to break the impasse in Myanmar, where fighting between the military and pro-democracy forces is intensifying.
Myanmar sent a representative to the summit for the first time in three years. The country's military seized power in a coup in 2021.
ASEAN leaders also discussed ways to implement the bloc's peace plan for Myanmar called the 5-Point Consensus. The plan stipulates an immediate end to the violence.
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ASEAN summit in Laos; main focus: resolving Myanmar's military conflict, as fighting between pro-democracy forces and the regime intensifies. Myanmar's representative attended after a 3-year absence following the 2021 coup. Leaders discussed implementing the ASEAN's peace plan for Myanmar (5-Point
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20241009_22/
Date: Oct. 9, 2024
Created: 2024/10/10 07:00
Updated: 2025/12/08 09:54
Last Read: 2024/10/10 07:49