‘Dramatically changed’: ASEAN considers Myanmar crisis response

A warning for Myanmar’s coup leaders as foreign ministers from Southeast Asian nations meet in Phnom Penh.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has said it might reconsider a plan agreed with Myanmar to end the violence triggered by the military coup if the generals hang more political prisoners.

The 10-member group, which includes Myanmar, has been pushing for the country to implement the so-called Five-Point Consensus that was agreed upon last April and has criticised last week’s execution of four democracy activists.

ASEAN’s foreign ministers began their meeting in Phnom Penh having barred the military’s representative from the event.

In full: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/3/dramatically-changed-asean-considers-myanmar-crisis-response

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