UN envoy to hold 'sideline' meetings ahead of Asean summit on Myanmar


United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy to Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener. - AP

JAKARTA/BANGKOK (Reuters): United Nations special envoy Christine Schraner Burgener will go to Jakarta on Thursday (April 22) to meet senior members of Southeast Asian governments searching for a path to end bloodshed and restore stability in Myanmar, according to three sources familiar with her movements.

Burgener, the UN special envoy on Myanmar, will not be attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) leaders' summit on Saturday but aimed to hold meetings on the sidelines of the event, the sources said.

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