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ASEAN Meets Myanmar Since 2021 Coup, Ethnic Groups Protest

7/13/2026

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ASEAN foreign ministers met Myanmar’s foreign ministry on July 12, 2026, the first talks since the 2021 coup, to revive a peace consensus.
Myanmar Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe said Aung San Suu Kyi is healthy while Philippine Foreign Minister Maria Theresa Lazaro urged access and defended meeting for aid.
Twenty ethnic minority groups condemned the ASEAN engagement as ignoring stakeholders and conflicting with Myanmar’s rejection of the peace framework.

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ASEAN foreign ministers met Myanmar’s foreign ministry on July 12, 2026, the first talks since the 2021 coup, to revive a peace consensus.
Myanmar Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe said Aung San Suu Kyi is healthy while Philippine Foreign Minister Maria Theresa Lazaro urged access and defended meeting for aid.
Twenty ethnic minority groups condemned the ASEAN engagement as ignoring stakeholders and conflicting with Myanmar’s rejection of the peace framework.