Southeast Asian foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea disputes

ASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority

ThePatriotLight - ASEAN upholds decision to bar Myanmar generals from summits, urges self-restraint in S. China Sea

ThePatriotLight - Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ruling generals from their summits and limit the country's participation to a non-political level, said Malaysia who currently holds the chairmanship on Monday.ASEAN upholds decision to bar Myanmar generals from summits, urges self-restraint in S. China Sea

Southeast Asia Foreign Ministers Seek Breakthrough in Myanmar Conflict and South China Sea Dispute

The retreat was the first major meeting of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nation.

Malaysia tempers expectations as it leads Asean

LANGKAWI, Malaysia — Malaysia is committed to addressing regional issues, but expectations on Myanmar and the advancing of talks on a code of conduct between the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China for the South China Sea should be tempered, its foreign minister said on Sunday. “To say that we will have […]...Keep on reading: Malaysia tempers expectations as it leads Asean

Malaysia assumes Asean mantle

LANGKAWI, Malaysia — Southeast Asian foreign ministers hold a closed-doors retreat in Malaysia on Sunday, as the country hosts its first meeting as chairman of the regional bloc Asean amid an intensifying civil war in Myanmar and confrontations in the South China Sea. Malaysia takes its turn as rotating chairman of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations as the bloc contends with Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea and a …

At Langkawi meet, Asean ministers tell Myanmar to focus on ceasefire in civil war instead of elections

LANGKAWI, Jan 19 — Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar’s junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia on Sunday. The Myanmar military seized power in February 2021, making unsubstantiated claims of massive electoral fraud in 2020 polls won resoundingly by the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy. The junta then unleashed a bloody crackdown on dissent and,…