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Myanmar Rejects ASEAN Peace Push | Dover News
Myanmar’s military regime is defiantly rejecting ASEAN’s push for Aung San Suu Kyi’s unconditional release, dismissing the need for ASEAN’s special envoy while blocking top leaders from meetings. Despite a 2021 peace plan and a rare Red Cross visit to Suu Kyi — her first contact with an independent humanitarian group in five years — Myanmar insists any release must follow legal procedures. The Philippines, chairing ASEAN, sees the Red Cross meeting as progress but demands broader access to detainees. Myanmar’s foreign ministry hints at possible sentence commutations for humanitarian reasons…
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