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BIZARRE: Myanmar violence looms over asean summit | Mind Blowing Facts

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi greets her Thai counterpart Don Pramudwinai, who is heading the Thai delegation to this week’s Asean summit. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has skipped the event to continue campaigning for the May 14 election. (Photo: AFP)

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia: Southeast Asian nations are at a “crossroad”, a senior Indonesian minister warned on Tuesday, as escalating violence in junta-controlled Myanmar loomed over a regional summit.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) — long decried by critics as a toothless talking shop — has been leading diplomatic attempts to resolve the crisis resulting from the coup staged more than two years ago.

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