International relationsASEAN fails to achieve Myanmar breakthrough again
Min Aung Hlaing's regime boycotts foreign ministers' meeting
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Laotian Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi pose for a group photo at the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Phnom Penh on Feb. 17. © Reuters
MASAYUKI YUDA, Nikkei staff writer
February 17, 2022 17:56 JST
Updated on February 17, 2022 18:43 JST
BANGKOK -- Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations failed to achieve a breakthrough in issues related to the situation in Myanmar on Thursday after leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing's military regime refused to send a nonpolitical representative to discuss them.