Southeast Asia Foreign Ministers Seek Breakthrough in Myanmar Conflict and South China Sea Dispute
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the ...
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ASEAN Foreign Ministers Tell Myanmar Junta to Prioritize Peace Over Elections
The bloc says that any poll must be “inclusive,” but it has limited power to deter the junta from its election plans.
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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 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 ...
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Tok Mat to Myanmar: Priority is to end violence
Asean foreign ministers have stressed to Myanmar that it is more important to bring about peace in the country rather than hold a national election, says Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
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Prioritise peace, not polls, Myanmar junta told
“Malaysia wants to know what Myanmar has in mind,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told a press conference after a ministerial retreat on the island of Langkawi. “We told them the election is ...
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ASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (Reuters) -Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an ...
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ASEAN tells junta to end its war in Myanmar
“Malaysia wants to know what Myanmar has in mind,” Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said. “We said the election has to be inclusive. The election cannot be in isolation, it has to involve all ...