COLOMBO, 12 March, 2021 (TON): Sri Lanka invited Myanmar’s military representative to the meeting of Asian FMs without endorsing a gesture to support Myanmar’s last month’s coup that is condemned globally.

On Wednesday, the Twitter handle “ProtestSriLanka” began trending among the coup adversaries after it spread that Colombo has called the military foreign minister Wunna Muang Lwin to the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) meeting scheduled at the end of March

Myanmar’s incumbent foreign minister had been invited because the country was a member nation of BIMSTEC and had not been removed or suspended, said Jayanath Colombage, Sri Lanka’s foreign secretary.

“That doesn’t mean we have accepted the Myanmar military government,” he said. “We have not taken a position on that,” he added.

The Military coup resulted in several massive protests in the country that have been met with deadly force and killed hundreds, however, Myanmar protesters have called on nations across the world to reject the military leadership and deal with a civilian committee set up by overthrown politicians.