JAKARTA, 24 April, 2021 (TON): On Saturday, the Southeast Asian leaders met Myanmar’s top general and coup leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing in an emergency summit in Indonesia.
It is expected that the leaders would press call for an end to violence by security forces that has left hundreds of protesters dead as well as the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political detainees.
There is little hope for an immediate breakthrough in the two-hour gathering in Jakarta between Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing and the six heads of state and three foreign ministers representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on the eve of the summit, “The unfolding tragedy has serious consequences for Myanmar, ASEAN and the region.”
However, one proposal that has been discussed in preliminary meetings is to travel to Myanmar to meet the military leadership and Suu Kyi’s camp to encourage dialogue.
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