Japan to hold meeting with Mekong states including Myanmar next week

Japan will hold a virtual foreign ministerial meeting next week with five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River, including Myanmar, where the military seized power in a coup in February, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday."I will convey Japan's stance on regional matters such as the situations in Myanmar, the South China Sea and North Korea, on top of the coronavirus response," Motegi said in a press conference.The foreign minister said the Aug. 6 meeting will discuss the dispatch of a special envoy to Myanmar by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to help defu…READ FULL ARTICLE