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Cambodia PM says Myanmar junta welcome at Asean if progress made

FILE PHOTO: Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) shaking hands with Myanmar military chief Min Aung Hlaing during a dinner in Naypyidaw, Jan 7, 2022. (National Television of Cambodia (TVK) / AFP)

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday said he had invited Myanmar's junta chief to a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), on the condition that progress is made on a peace plan he agreed to last year.

Hun Sen, the current Asean chair, said he would talk to military chief Min Aung Hlaing by video call on Wednesday, noting that since their face-to-face talks earlier this month, ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been sentenced and military aircraft had been deployed in operations.

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