U.S. envoy urges Cambodia to make no concessions to Myanmar junta in ASEAN

FILE PHOTO: Counselor of the U.S. Department of State, Derek Chollet, speaks to media in Tripoli, Libya September 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ayman al-Sahili

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official urged Cambodia on Friday not to make any concessions to Myanmar's military junta when Phnom Peng chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year.

The remarks by U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet came days after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Myanmar officials should be invited to return to ASEAN meetings, following an unprecedented exclusion from this year's summit.