Japan, ASEAN envoy to Myanmar vow to cooperate on resolving crisis

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Erywan Yusof, ASEAN's special envoy to Myanmar, agreed Thursday to work closely on finding a breakthrough in the political crisis stemming from the Feb. 1 military coup in the Southeast Asian country.Motegi told Erywan, Brunei's second foreign minister, during their roughly 30-minute phone talks it is important for the envoy to visit Myanmar "at an early date" and to engage in dialogue not only with the military but pro-democracy forces as well, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.Civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi of the National League …READ FULL ARTICLE