Southeast Asian nations weigh aid mission to Myanmar


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong leave the opening ceremony of an ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo

(Fixes Sukma's post in para 12)

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Southeast Asian countries are considering a proposal to send a humanitarian aid mission to Myanmar as a potential first step in a long-term plan to broker a dialogue between the junta and its opponents, diplomats familiar with the discussions said.

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