JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Southeast Asian leaders strongly condemned violence and attacks on civilians in Myanmar, directly blaming the ruling junta, with host Indonesia saying at a summit on Tuesday there had been scant progress on an agreed peace plan.
Myanmar has been ravaged by deadly violence since the 2021 military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's government and prompted a bloody crackdown on dissent.
An earlier draft statement seen by AFP -- issued by Indonesia with input from all members and thrashed out over several difficult meetings between foreign ministers -- had left its Myanmar section blank. Myanmar previously withdrew from the ASEAN chair in 2006 over a potential boycott by Washington, the European Union and other international powers. The chair went to the Philippines that year.
As the summit proceeded without a political representative from Myanmar, officials from political parties in the country sanctioned by the military told AFP the junta would likely hold elections in 2025.Beijing's actions in the South China Sea -- which it claims almost in its entirety -- were also to feature prominently in discussions, according to the earlier draft communique.
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