FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa speaks during a press conference following a 6-Country informal consultation, comprising Bangladesh, China, India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Thailand on the situation in Myanmar, in Bangkok, Thailand, December 19, 2024. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
BANGKOK: Thailand will advocate more international engagement with Myanmar at an upcoming South-East Asia leader summit next week, its foreign minister said, in a push for international cooperation to broaden a diplomatic effort to end a protracted civil war.
Myanmar has been in the throes of an expanding conflict since its military ousted an elected civilian-led government in 2021, with fighting between the junta and a network of rebel forces displacing more than 3.5 million people and decimating what was once a promising frontier market economy.
