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Indonesia president calls for ASEAN high level meeting on Myanmar crisis

Indonesia president calls for ASEAN high level meeting on Myanmar crisis
The ruling military junta imposed martial law and a communication blackout in several parts of Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon to quell anti-coup protests. (AFP)
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Updated 19 March 2021

Indonesia president calls for ASEAN high level meeting on Myanmar crisis

Indonesia president calls for ASEAN high level meeting on Myanmar crisis
  • Brunei is currently chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations

JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday called for democracy to be restored and violence to be halted in Myanmar and for Southeast Asian leaders to hold a high-level meeting to discuss the situation there.
“I will immediately call the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam as head of ASEAN to as soon as possible hold a high-level ASEAN meeting to discuss the crisis in Myanmar,” he said in a virtual address. Brunei is currently chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).