Detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi. File.
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The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN was told on Sunday (July 12, 2026) by Myanmar’s Foreign Minister that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was “a sister” who was in good health and would be looked after, ASEAN’s special envoy to Myanmar said.Maria Theresa Lazaro, the Philippine Foreign Minister, has been pressing for access to 81-year-old Suu Kyi, who has been held since her elected government was ousted in a 2021 military coup that plunged the country into conflict.“My recollection of the statement of the Myanmar Foreign Minister on Aung San Suu Kyi is that she’s in good health and that the premise of how he said this is that ‘she is a relative, she’s a sister and therefore we will take care of her’,” Ms. Lazaro told a press conference.
An informal meeting with ASEAN Foreign Ministers in Bangkok, Thailand, on July 12, 2026.
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