BANGKOK - Thailand wants to play a leading role in Myanmar's bid to normalise its ties with Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN after five years on the sidelines, the Thai foreign minister said ahead of a meeting on Wednesday with new President Min Aung Hlaing.Former military chief Min Aung Hlaing led a 2021 coup that ended a decade of tentative democracy in Myanmar and sparked chaos and a civil war, prompting an intervention by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the exclusion of the then ruling generals from its summits.Min Aung Hlaing, 69, was chosen as president by parliamen…READ FULL ARTICLE
