Indonesia Proposes Ban on Myanmar Junta Beyond Asean Summits
- Jokowi says bloc should open up dialog with all stakeholders
- Asean has expressed deep disappointment over violence
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo has proposed to leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that representatives of the Myanmar military be barred from the bloc’s functions beyond big ticket summits.
Leaders belonging to the 10 nation grouping debated the issue “at length” he said, in the strongest sign yet that some Asean members are growing frustrated by the lack of progress in ending persisting violence in Myanmar since last year’s coup.