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Thailand concerned over violence in Myanmar | Myanmar News

Thai foreign ministry urges Myanmar military to implement a ‘five-point consensus’ reached during ASEAN talks.

Thailand has expressed concern about the violence in many parts of Myanmar and called on its neighbour to take action and end the turmoil roiling the country since a February 1 coup.

Myanmar’s military has shown little sign of heeding the “Five-Point Consensus” agreed among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in April, which calls for an end to violence, political talks and the naming of a regional special envoy.

“We have been following developments in Myanmar closely with much concern, especially incidents of violence in many parts of the country,” Tanee Sangrat, spokesman for the Thai foreign ministry, said in a statement on Sunday.

He reiterated a call for an end to the violence, the release of all detainees and the “concrete implementation…

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