The Myanmar junta’s foreign minister had defended its plan for restoring democracy, state media reported on Tuesday, after a meeting at which Southeast Asian counterparts pressed the army to implement a regional agreement meant to end turmoil.
The junta has paid little heed to demands from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to respect a “consensus” agreed in late April to end violence and hold political talks with its opponents.
Southeast Asian foreign ministers expressed disappointment at the meeting in China on Monday at the “very slow” progress made by Myanmar on its proposal for ending the turmoil since the army overthrew elected leader A…
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