Myanmar junta senior official attends ASEAN meeting in Laos

A senior official of Myanmar's military government attended a meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Laos as a nonpolitical representative, diplomatic sources said Sunday.The attendance of the senior Foreign Ministry official at the meeting in Luang Prabang that began Sunday comes ahead of the third anniversary of the military coup that toppled Myanmar's democratically elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021.Myanmar had boycotted ministerial meetings since ASEAN members decided in October 2021 to allow only a nonpolitical…READ FULL ARTICLE