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Philippines Leads First ASEAN Ministers Meet with Myanmar

7/10/2026

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The Philippines will chair ASEAN’s first in-person foreign-minister meeting with Myanmar since the 2021 coup.
ASEAN foreign ministers will meet Myanmar’s foreign minister in Bangkok on July 12, with Vietnam and Thailand confirming the session.
Myanmar’s parliament passed a resolution that questions ASEAN’s peace plan, labeling it interference in internal affairs.
ASEAN estimates the civil war in Myanmar has killed about 100,000 people and displaced millions.

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The Philippines will chair ASEAN’s first in-person foreign-minister meeting with Myanmar since the 2021 coup.
ASEAN foreign ministers will meet Myanmar’s foreign minister in Bangkok on July 12, with Vietnam and Thailand confirming the session.
Myanmar’s parliament passed a resolution that questions ASEAN’s peace plan, labeling it interference in internal affairs.
ASEAN estimates the civil war in Myanmar has killed about 100,000 people and displaced millions.