Asean re‑engagement with Myanmar 'difficult' even after polls: Thai foreign minister


BANGKOK: The Southeast Asian regional bloc will find it difficult to re-engage with Myanmar even after its upcoming election, the Thai foreign minister said on Tuesday (Nov 25), calling for the release of the country's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar is scheduled to hold a multi-phase general election starting on Dec 28 amid a raging civil war, an exercise that critics have derided as a sham to extend the control of the ruling military that took power in a 2021 coup.

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