Blinken, Singapore foreign minister share pessimism on situation in Myanmar


FILE PHOTO: Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, during a U.S. ministerial meeting at the Sokha Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, August 4, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There has been no sign of improvement in the political situation in Myanmar since the 2021 coup, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said following a meeting in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said he shared his counterpart's pessimism.

Singapore is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which barred Myanmar's junta from its high-level meetings after the putsch plunged the country into violence, with the military battling on multiple fronts to try to crush an armed pro-democracy resistance movement.

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