Myanmar FM in high-level Bangkok talks

Myanmar’s foreign minister, Wunna Maung Lwin, met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Bangkok yesterday. A Government House source said it is assumed they discussed the Myanmar coup.

The Myanmar foreign minister was believed to have also met Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, in the early afternoon, just when he had an undisclosed item on his schedule.

Mr Don and Ms Marsudi met earlier in the day when both sides agreed that Asean could be a platform for a dialogue between Myanmar and other countries.

“They concurred that Myanmar was an important member of the Asean family, and that Asean could be a platform for constructive dialogue between Myanmar and other Asean member states, consistent with the purposes…