This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on Friday, April 23, 2021 shows protesters holding signs calling for the arrest of Myanmar armed forces chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFP
JAKARTA, April 23 (Reuters): South-East Asian leaders will try to persuade Myanmar's junta to end violence and let in aid at a summit on Saturday (April 24), diplomats said, in the first concerted international effort to ease the crisis in the country.
Leaders will meet behind closed doors at the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the hope of encouraging candid discussions, two diplomatic sources told Reuters.
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