ASEAN agrees on Brunei’s second foreign minister as envoy to Myanmar

ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi delivers his speech at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, 10 January 2020 (Photo: Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana). Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.

BANGKOK, Aug 4, 2021, Kyodo. Asean foreign ministers agreed Wednesday on Brunei’s Second Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof as the group’s special envoy to Myanmar over the political turmoil in the member country, regional diplomatic sources said, Bangkok Post reported.

Leaders of the countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations had agreed in April to send a special envoy to Myanmar but months passed without one being appointed.

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