BANGKOK -- When the leader of Myanmar's military regime, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, attended a Bay of Bengal regional summit in Bangkok earlier this month, it marked a diplomatic breakthrough. It was his first appearance at a meeting in a Southeast Asian capital since shortly after he seized power from the democratically elected government in February 2021.
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The presence of Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing, second right, at the sixth BIMSTEC Summit, in Bangkok on April 4 was a diplomatic coup for the ostracized regime. (Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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