ASEAN urges ‘Myanmar-owned and led solution’ to crisis triggered by coup

Myanmar's ASEAN Permanent Secretary Marlar Than Htike at the meeting in Laos [Sakchai Lalit/AP]

Southeast Asian foreign ministers have called for a “Myanmar-owned and led solution” to the crisis in Myanmar that began when the military seized power in a coup three years ago, and has left thousands dead.

The call from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) followed a meeting on Monday of the 10-member grouping’s foreign ministers in Laos, which was attended by an official from Myanmar for the first time in two years.