ASEAN freeze remains despite Myanmar FM talks: Thailand

BANGKOK, July 10: Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbours are seeking "gradual" engagement but the country's leadership remains sidelined by their ASEAN bloc, Thailand said Friday ahead of the first meeting of foreign ministers since the coup.

Myanmar Foreign Minister Tin MaungSwe will meet counterparts from the 11-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at an "informal meeting" in Bangkok on Sunday.

The Philippines, which has the rotating chairmanship of ASEAN this year, on Friday confirmed it was "the first in-person engagement between the foreign ministers of ASEAN and Myanmar since the 2021 military coup".�" AFP