Crucial meet on Myanmar set; UN readies tougher sanctions

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 28, 2022 1:20 am

YANGON: The UN Security Council will meet Friday with a minister from Asean chair Cambodia to discuss how tougher sanctions against Myanmar junta leaders will work, a year after a coup ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, diplomatic sources said.

Cambodia currently heads the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and its Asean envoy to Myanmar, Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, will attend the closed-door talks along with United Nations special envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer, the sources told AFP.

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