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.

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