Loud calls to end Myanmar violence

Mutual goals: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim attending the Asean Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia. — Bernama

South-East Asian leaders meeting in Indonesia called for an immediate end to violence in military-ruled Myanmar, in an effort to create a window for dialogue and the delivery of humanitarian aid as fighting intensifies.

The Asean summit was expected to see wrangling over Myanmar’s bloody crisis, with patience wearing thin as its junta demonstrates no intent to pursue a peace plan agreed with the regional bloc after it seized power in a 2021 coup.