Myanmar says it won't attend Asean foreign ministers meeting

By Associated Press

Feb 15, 2022 12:56 pm

BANGKOK: Myanmar will not participate in this week's meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, spurning an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its chief diplomat, its government said Monday.

Cambodia, the current Asean chair, said earlier this month that members of the regional group had failed to reach a consensus on inviting Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin to its meetings on Thursday and Friday in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh.

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council speech, speaks during the ceremony marking Myanmar's 75th anniversary Union Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. AP PHOTO

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