ASEAN air force leaders’ meet in Myanmar with Thai Air Force on board

A meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) air force leaders, chaired by Myanmar, is currently underway with the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in attendance. The conference in Nay Pyi Taw sees the participation of ACM Alongkorn Wannarot, the RTAF commander, alongside air force leaders from Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Brunei, according to a report by activist group Justice for Myanmar.

However, several Southeast Asian counterparts, including Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, have opted to boycott the event due to it being held and led by the military junta of Myanmar. Singapore also refrained from sending a representative.

These four ASEAN nations previously expressed strong demands for Myanmar’s military junta to cease violence against its citizens and adhere to an ASEAN peace plan agreed upon in 2021, which has since…