BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said Thailand hoped to bring Myanmar back into the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations after the country held elections nearly five years after a military coup. Sihasak spoke on Wednesday after holding talks with his Myanmar counterpart Foreign Minister Than Swe in southern Thailand. […]
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Thailand hopes to bring Myanmar back into ASEAN, foreign minister says
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BANGKOK, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said Thailand hoped to bring Myanmar back into the the Association of Southeast Asian Nations after the country held elections nearly five years after a military coup.
Sihasak spoke on Wednesday after holding talks with his Myanmar counterpart Foreign Minister Than Swe in southern Thailand.
Myanmar held a three-phased election from December to January, the first after a 2021 coup that seized power from an elected government that threw the country in turmoil and civil war.
A military-backed party was declared the winner in the election in limited areas, a vote criticised by the United Nations and rights groups.
(Reporting by Chayut Setboonsarng, Orathai Sriring and Panarat Thepgumpanant, Editing by Barbara Lewis)