Myanmar Junta Blocks ASEAN Chair from Seeing Suu Kyi – Another Door Slams on Peace

Myanmar Junta Blocks ASEAN Chair from Seeing Suu Kyi – Another Door Slams on Peace

Myanmar’s military government has refused a request from the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to meet with detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, marking the latest failure of regional diplomacy to address the country's escalating civil conflict.

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In late May, the junta announced it had moved the 81-year-old Nobel laureate from prison to house arrest [187459]. The ASEAN chair had sought the meeting to discuss the country’s worsening political crisis, but the junta did not provide a reason for the refusal [187459]. The move is the latest setback in regional efforts to mediate an end to Myanmar’s civil conflict, as the civilian population continues to bear the overwhelming cost of displacement and suffering [187459].

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