Myanmar’s military “extremely disappointed” by exclusion from ASEAN summit

18 October 2021
Myanmar’s military “extremely disappointed” by exclusion from ASEAN summit
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Myanmar’s military junta said it was “extremely disappointed” by the exclusion of the junta’s leader from the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), scheduled to take place between Oct. 26 and 28, EFE reported.

“Myanmar is extremely disappointed and strongly objected the outcomes of the Emergency Foreign Ministers’ Meeting as the discussions and decision on Myanmar’s representation issue was done without consensus and was against the objectives of the ASEAN, the ASEAN Charter and its principles,” Myanmar’s foreign ministry said in a statement late Saturday.

The foreign ministers of the bloc’s ten member states held an emergency meeting on Friday to analyze the progress made on the five-point consensus, reached in April between the ASEAN leaders and the leader of the military junta, General Min Aung Hlaing, to seek a solution to the political and social crisis triggered by the coup.