Asean calls for summit on Myanmar as EU widens sanctions

Achandout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on April 20, 2021 shows protesters holding signs as they march in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFP

YANGON (Reuters): Southeast Asian countries will discuss the crisis in Myanmar at a summit in Jakarta on Saturday (April 24), but some are choosing to send ministers rather than heads of government.

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has been trying to guide Myanmar, a member, out of the bloody turmoil triggered by the military overthrow of Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government on Feb. 1.