Myanmar’s leader Min Aung Hlaing to attend ASEAN Summit

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JAKARTA, 18 April 2021 (TON): A spokesman for Thailand’s Foreign Ministry in Bangkok confirmed Saturday General Min Aung Hlaing has confirmed he will attend a summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) scheduled to be held on 24 April.

The 10-nation body ASEAN has fixed the proposed the date for a meeting at the group’s secretariat in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on 24 April. Indonesia has taken the lead in calling for the special meeting to discuss and resolve the crisis in Myanmar.

Meanwhile, Myanmar leadership on Saturday announced it pardoned and released 23,047 prisoners to mark the traditional Thingyan New Year holiday. The announcement also reduced sentences for others.

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