ASEAN chair urges unity as top diplomats meet amid Myanmar discord

JAKARTA: ASEAN chair Indonesia on Tuesday (Jul 11) stressed the importance of the regional bloc's unity in remaining credible, as its foreign ministers started talks expected to touch on the thorny i

expected to touch on the thorny issue of engaging Myanmar's ostracised ruling generals.

Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi made no direct mention of Myanmar in her opening remarks at Tuesday's plenary session, but said ASEAN"can only matter if it has credibility". ASEAN has barred the junta from its high-level meetings for not honouring its commitment to a"five-point consensus" agreed two years ago, which includes ending hostilities.

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