Photo shows the venue for a foreign ministerial meeting hosted by Thailand and attended by Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam to meet with Myanmar's top diplomat on Dec. 22, 2022 in Bangkok. (Kyodo)

BANGKOK - Five out of 10 ASEAN member states gathered Thursday to meet with Myanmar's top diplomat over its prolonged political crisis while the other members boycotted the meeting, highlighting divisions over the issue within the bloc.