Thai foreign minister met Aung San Suu Kyi on secret Myanmar trip | Politics News

Don Pramudwinai tells ASEAN foreign ministers he met jailed elected leader as well as coup leader Min Aung Hlaing.

Thailand’s outgoing foreign minister travelled to Myanmar in secret, holding a meeting with internationally ostracised coup leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and visiting jailed elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, just days before a regional summit focused on the turmoil in the country.

Don Pramudwinai confirmed the visit to reporters on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers’ meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday, but did not go into detail.

He described it as “an approach of the friends of Myanmar, who would like to see a peaceful settlement”.

Khit Thit, an independent Myanmar news outlet, reported on Monday that Don had flown into Naypyidaw on a special military plane and returned home the same day after a meeting with…