Myanmar Junta Chief Blasts Asean After His Exclusion From Summit

Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing blasted other Southeast Asian countries for demanding that his military end worsening violence at home, after he was excluded from a big ticket regional summit later this month over civil strife.

Allies of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi were driving the repeated calls, the coup leader said on state-broadcaster MRTV on Monday. He added that the regime had agreed to end violence in the conflict-torn country months ago but had been prevented from doing so by “more acts of violence driven by the incitement of terrorist groups.”