Myanmar has condemned as “irresponsible and reckless” a Malaysian proposal for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to engage with the National Unity Government established by those the military removed from power in the February 2021 coup in an effort to resolve the country’s protracted political crisis.
Foreign ministers from ASEAN are due to meet later this week with little progress on Myanmar where more than 1,800 people have been killed and thousands arrested in a military crackdown amid differences within the regional grouping on how to proceed.
