ASEAN to start sending humanitarian aid to Myanmar in February

Chair country Laos sees 'a light at the end of tunnel' after three-year crisis

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Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith speaks during a news conference after foreign ministers from ASEAN members met in Luang Prabang on Jan. 29. (Photo by Kenya Akama)

APORNRATH PHOONPHONGPHIPHAT, Nikkei staff writer

LUANG PRABANG, Laos -- ASEAN members' foreign ministers on Monday agreed to send humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, the first such move by the bloc since a military takeover created a political crisis in the country in February 2021.

The ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Retreat took place in the World Heritage site of Luang Prabang, the first major event under Laos' ASEAN chairmanship after it took over the bloc's annually rotating role from Indonesia.

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