Asean at a ‘crossroads’ as Myanmar violence escalates
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi greets her Malaysian counterpart, Zambry Abdul Kadir, prior to the Asean Foreign Ministers' meeting in Labuan Bajo today. – AFP pic, May 9, 2023.
SOUTHEAST Asian nations are at a “crossroads”, a senior Indonesian minister warned today, as escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar loomed over a regional summit. Myanmar has been ravaged by deadly violence since a military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s government more than two years ago and unleashed a bloody crackdown on dissent.
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