Key ASEAN members skip Thai-hosted Myanmar talks amid criticism

FILE PHOTO: Thailand's Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai gestures during a news conference on the U.S. State Department's annual human trafficking report at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok, Thailand, July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's caretaker government hosted the foreign minister of Myanmar's ruling junta at informal regional peace talks on Sunday, as key Southeast Asian counterparts stayed away from the meeting that has drawn sharp criticism.

Only Cambodia has so far officially confirmed it intended to attend the talks.