Japan, Asean envoy to Myanmar vow to cooperate on resolving crisis

Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. - AFP

TOKYO (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Erywan Yusof, Asean's special envoy to Myanmar, agreed Thursday (Aug 12) to work closely on finding a breakthrough in the political crisis stemming from the Feb 1 military coup in the South-East Asian country.

Motegi told Erywan, Brunei's second foreign minister, during their roughly 30-minute phone talks it is important for the envoy to visit Myanmar "at an early date" and to engage in dialogue not only with the military but pro-democracy forces as well, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.