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Why Asean should not falter in face of Myanmar junta’s intransigence
As Asean foreign ministers meet next week, pressure is growing to abandon the 5-point consensus agreed on after the military coup
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What Asean must do is to call on the junta to release the NLD leaders from imprisonment, and return to the negotiating table, says the writer.
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Asean foreign ministers will be meeting in Jakarta beginning on Monday.
Myanmar has been plunged into turmoil ever since the military, under Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, seized power on Feb 1, 2021, and imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi and leading members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party that won the general elections in 2020.
