Indonesia to send general to Myanmar to highlight transition, says Widodo

A Myanmar protester residing in Japan uses a face mask with an image of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a rally to mark the second anniversary of Myanmar's 2021 military coup, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters)

JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to send a top general to Myanmar to talk to its junta leaders in the hope of showing Myanmar's military rulers how Indonesia made a successful transition to democracy, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday.

Southeast Asian biggest economy takes on the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) this year and with it the responsibility of trying to resolve the region's perennial problem of the suppression of democracy in fellow member Myanmar.