Myanmar FM to meet ASEAN ministers in Bangkok on Sunday - Asia & Pacific - The Jakarta Post

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Myanmar has been largely frozen out of the 11-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since a military coup five years ago, but junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was installed as civilian president in April.

A man runs past national flags of ASEAN member states outside a media center in Cebu, the Philippines, on May 5, 2026, ahead of the 48th ASEAN Summit. (AFP/Ted Aljibe)

Myanmar's foreign minister will meet his regional ASEAN counterparts in Bangkok on Sunday, Vietnam's foreign ministry said on Thursday, as the pariah state seeks a return to the diplomatic fold.Myanmar has been largely frozen out of the 11-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since a military coup five years ago, but junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was installed as civilian president in April.

The meeting comes as the new army-backed government in Myanmar, in place following an election earlier in the year, seeks the lifting of a ban on its leaders, after they were sidelined from ASEAN's summits following a 2021 military coup and an ensuing civil war.