Diplomatic talks on Myanmar’s civil war will be held in Jakarta ahead of a regional summit convening next week, a senior diplomat in Indonesia told AFP on Thursday.
The talks on Friday and Saturday will involve representatives from “Indonesia, ASEAN, the European Union, and the United Nations,” as well as members of anti-junta groups, said the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Myanmar’s ruling military was not expected to take part, the diplomat said.
The discussion on the bloody conflict raging in Myanmar since a 2021 coup is set to take place just before the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathers in Laos for an October 6-11 summit.
The conflict in Myanmar is set to feature prominently on the 10-member bloc’s agenda.
ASEAN, of which Myanmar is a member, has led several diplomatic pushes to resolve the crisis but has made little. . .
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