India To Host Meeting Of ASEAN Foreign Ministers Next Month
Date
5/31/2022 6:23:22 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The position of the ASEAN on engaging Myanmar at multilateral
forums has been that it should be at the non-political level,
diplomatic sources said on Monday as India prepares to host a
meeting of the foreign ministers of the 10-nation grouping next
month.
The sources indicated that India is unlikely to invite the
Myanmarese foreign Minister for the meeting and instead, could
invite an official.
It is learnt that India has been in touch with the ASEAN on
various aspects of hosting the foreign ministers' meeting,
including the question relating to Myanmar.
'Our position on engaging Myanmar has been that it should be at
the non-political and non-military level,' said a diplomatic source
in one of the ASEAN countries.
On February 1 last year, Myanmar's military grabbed power in a
coup and imposed a state of emergency after detaining Nobel
laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders of her National League
for Democracy (NLD).
The country witnessed massive protests following the coup. The
international community has been severely critical of the coup.
Myanmar has been a key member of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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