Asean leaders to discuss crisis after Jokowi calls for summit

Going downstream: Balloons, used as form of protest against the military coup, floating along during Thingyan festival in Hlaing River, Nyaungdon. — Reuters

ASEAN leaders look set to convene an important crisis meeting on Myanmar on the weekend of April 24, just over a month after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called for the summit amid continued violence following the military coup.

The Indonesian leader had called for a high-level meeting on March 19, following an earlier informal meeting of Asean foreign ministers that saw an appeal to get the junta to stop the violence and open talks.