Indonesian police direct cyclists taking part in a rally to show their their support for democracy in Myanmar near the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta on April 17, 2021. - AFP
YANGON, April 18 (AFP): Myanmar's shadow government on Sunday urged South-East Asian leaders to give it a seat at the table during crisis talks next week, and not to recognise the military regime that seized power in a February coup.
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing is expected to join a special Asean summit on Myanmar on Saturday in Jakarta -- his first official overseas trip since the putsch that ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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