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EXPLAINED: Myanmar rejects asean statement condemning violence as one sided | Vintage Vibes

Myanmar's top leaders were not invited to the ASEAN summit [Mast Irham/Pool via Reuters]

Southeast Asian leaders have “strongly condemned” the continuing violence in Myanmar, directly blaming the bloodshed on the generals who seized power in a coup in February 2021.

The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is meeting in Jakarta after the generals failed to implement the so-called five-point consensus to end the crisis, which they agreed to with ASEAN a couple of months after their power grab.

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