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Govt hosts Myanmar junta official for talks; key Asean members stay away

FILE PHOTO: Protesters hold up a portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi and raise three-finger salutes, during a demonstration to mark the second anniversary of Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, outside the Embassy of Myanmar in Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 1, 2023. (Reuters)

The government on Monday hosts talks aimed at re-engaging Myanmar’s shunned military leaders though important Southeast Asian neighbours are staying away from a gathering critics view as undermining regional unity on the strife-torn country’s crisis.

Myanmar’s generals have been barred from high-level meetings of the 10-member Association of Southeast Nations (Asean) since they seized power in a 2021 coup and unleashed violence on those who challenged their takeover.

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