Asean tells Myanmar to prioritise ceasefire over elections


The logo of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) displayed at a hotel where the Asean Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMM) is taking place in Langkawi, Malaysia, on Saturday, January 18, 2025. -- AP Photo/Azneal Ishak

LANGKAWI (AFP): South-East Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar's junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia oat the weekend.

The Myanmar military seized power in February 2021, making unsubstantiated claims of massive electoral fraud in 2020 polls won resoundingly by the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy.

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