Myanmar tells ASEAN that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and will be looked after, according to the bloc’s special envoy to Myanmar. ASEAN foreign ministers meet in person with their Myanmar counterpart on Sunday for the first time since the 2021 coup, as part of efforts to revive a stalled regional peace initiative. Maria Theresa Lazaro, the Philippine foreign minister and ASEAN special envoy, says she has sought access to Suu Kyi, 81, who has been detained since her elected government was ousted by the military. Lazaro reports that Myanmar’s foreign minister conveyed that Suu Kyi is healthy and that Myanmar would take care of her. The reports also note that Suu Kyi is serving a 27-year prison sentence, with her allies and observers describing the charges as politically motivated. She has denied wrongdoing. Coverage situates the remarks within a broader ASEAN diplomatic push amid an ongoing civil war, with foreign ministers discussing ways to move forward on peace efforts that have so far failed.
Myanmar tells ASEAN Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and will be looked after
Myanmar tells ASEAN that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and will be looked after, according to the bloc’s special envoy to Myanmar. ASEAN foreign ministers meet in person wi...
- Myanmar’s foreign minister tells ASEAN foreign ministers that detained Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health.
- ASEAN’s special envoy Maria Theresa Lazaro says she is seeking access to Suu Kyi and relays Myanmar’s assurances she will be looked after.
- Suu Kyi has been detained since the 2021 military coup that ousted her elected government.
- The reports describe Suu Kyi as serving a 27-year sentence for multiple charges, which she denies.
- ASEAN foreign ministers meet in person with their Myanmar counterpart as part of efforts to restart a five-year-old peace initiative amid an ongoing civil war.
Maria Theresa Lazaro, the Philippine foreign minister, has been seeking access to Suu Kyi, 81, who has been detained since her elected government was ousted in a 2021 military coup.
The top diplomats of the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in person with their Myanmar counterpart on Sunday for the first time since the coup, in an effort to kick-start a five-year-old peace initiative that has failed to end a civil war gripping the country.
1 hour agoBANGKOK — Foreign ministers from the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN were told on Sunday by their Myanmar counterpart that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and would be looked after, ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar said. Maria Theresa Lazaro, the Philippine foreign minister, has been seeking access to Suu Kyi, 81, who has been detained since her elected government was ousted in a 2021 military coup. "My recollection of the statement of the Myanmar foreign minister on Aung San Suu Kyi is that she's in good health and that the premise of how he said this is that she is a relative, she's a sister and therefore we will take care of her," Lazaro told a press conference. Suu Kyi is serving a 27-year sentence, recently commuted by one-third, on a series of charges that her allies said were fabricated to keep her out of politics, including incitement, corruption, election fraud and violations of the state secrets law. She has denied wrongdoing. Failed peace effort The top diplomats of the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in person with their Myanmar coun
1 hour agoForeign ministers from Asean were told on Sunday by their Myanmar counterpart that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and would be looked after, ASEAN’s special envoy to Myanmar said. Maria Theresa Lazaro, the Philippine foreign minister, has been seeking access to Suu Kyi, 81, who has been detained since her elected government was ousted in a 2021 military coup. “My recollection of the statement of the Myanmar foreign minister on Aung San Suu Kyi is that she’s in good...
2 hours agoASEAN foreign ministers were told on Sunday by their Myanmar counterpart that Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and would be looked after, ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar said.
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