Southeast Asian foreign ministers will discuss excluding Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing from an upcoming regional summit at a meeting on Friday, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
Several members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have strongly criticized the military government's inaction on a five-point plan that it agreed to with the bloc in April, centering on dialogue among all parties, humanitarian access and an end of hostilities.
Friday's previously unscheduled, virtual meeting will be hosted by current ASEAN chair, Brunei, said the sources based in ASEAN member countries, who included a diplomat and another government official.
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