Laetitia van den Assum was previously the Netherlands' ambassador to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, the U.K. and other countries as well as a member of the Kofi Annan Foundation's Advisory Commission on Rakhine State.
Truce between military regime and state's rebel Arakan Army has resolved little


A fire burns in the ethnic Rakhine village of Let Kar in Rakhine state in May 2020: Violence is likely to flare up again. (Handout photo from Myanmar Army) © AP
Laetitia van den Assum was previously the Netherlands' ambassador to Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, the U.K. and other countries as well as a member of the Kofi Annan Foundation's Advisory Commission on Rakhine State.