Junta chief okays Asean envoy

THE country’s military leader Min Aung Hlaing has agreed to arrange for an Asean special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, a senior Cambodian official said.

The pledge, made in a Jan 26 video call with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, represents a small concession in a deadlocked peace process since Myanmar’s military seized power a year ago from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi’s (pic) National League for Democracy (NLD).