Thailand talks with post-election Myanmar as "bridge" to ASEAN


Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sihasak Phuangketkeow attends the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMM) in Cebu, Philippines, January 29, 2026. Jacqueline Hernandez/POOL via REUTERS

BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Thailand's ⁠foreign minister will meet his Myanmar counterpart on Wednesday in ⁠a bid to chart a path towards peace in a ‌civil war-ravaged Myanmar with the help of its Southeast Asian neighbours after an election that entrenched military power.

Myanmar has been engulfed in nationwide conflict and repression since a ​military coup in 2021 that toppled the ⁠first democratic administration in half ⁠a century.

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