Russia backs ASEAN plan on tackling Myanmar crisis

FILE PHOTO: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani in Moscow, Russia July 2, 2021. Pavel Golovkin/Pool via REUTERS

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Russia strongly supports the Southeast Asian diplomatic effort to end the crisis in Myanmar and has conveyed similar messages to the country's military leadership, its foreign minister said on Tuesday.

The five-point consensus agreed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc should be the basis by which the situation can be resolved, Sergei Lavrov said during a visit to Jakarta.