Myanmar junta official ‘hopeful’ for Myanmar to regain normal status in Asean

Myanmar has been sending a Foreign Ministry official as its representative to Asean since January. - ST FILE

VIENTIANE: A senior official working under Myanmar’s junta expressed hope that Myanmar would regain its status in Asean alongside other members of the bloc and asked for “understanding and support” on the sidelines of the Asean foreign ministers’ meetings in Laos on Wednesday (July 24).

“We are very much hopeful, very hopeful,” said Dr Khin Thidar Aye, the director-general of the Asean affairs department in Myanmar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Laos. “If we consider the extent of cooperation from our side, normalisation should be coming very soon.”