Myanmar junta unlikely to grant regional envoy meeting with Suu Kyi, says spokesman


Suu Kyi, 76, is currently on trial for a raft of charges, flouting coronavirus restrictions during polls her party won in a landslide last year, illegally importing walkie talkies and sedition. - AP

NAYPIDAW, Oct 1 (AFP): Myanmar's junta has said it was unlikely an Asean special envoy tasked with facilitating dialogue in the coup-hit country would be allowed to meet ousted pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

The Association of South-East Asian Nations(Asean) has been under global pressure to help resolve the crisis in member state Myanmar, where more than 1,100 people have been killed in post-coup violence according to a monitoring group.

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