প্রকাশ: 15/02/2022
Myanmar's junta on Monday said it would not attend an
upcoming ASEAN summit after the bloc's "regrettable" exclusion of its
top diplomat over a lack of progress in defusing post-coup violence.
ASEAN invited Myanmar to send a "non-political
representative" to this week's foreign ministers' meeting, citing a lack
of progress on a consensus agreed last year to facilitate dialogue with
opponents of the coup.
The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the
military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government, with more than 1,500
civilians since killed in crackdowns on anti-junta protests, according to a
local monitoring group.
The decision to exclude junta-appointed diplomat Wunna Maung
Lwin from the meet in Cambodia was "regrettable", the foreign affairs
ministry said in a statement on Monday.
"In this regard, Myanmar's inability to participate or
even designate a non-political representative... is inevitable," it added.
It blamed the exclusion on unnamed member countries still
holding on to the "unilateral decision" adopted by the bloc last
October, when it barred junta chief Min Aung Hlaing from attending a leaders'
meet.
That represented a rare rebuke from ASEAN, long seen as a
toothless talking shop, but which has sought to lead diplomatic efforts to
tackle the Myanmar crisis.
Myanmar is increasingly isolated on the international stage,
with Cambodian strongman ruler Hun Sen's January visit the first by any foreign
leader since the generals seized power.
He met military leader Min Aung Hlaing and the pair
discussed peace efforts and the junta's future plans, as well as the role of
the ASEAN special envoy, according to the junta.
But violence has continued, with anti-junta groups clashing
regularly with the military, and the World Bank has warned Myanmar's economy
likely contracted by almost a fifth last year.
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