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Indonesia says UK to support ASEAN effort in resolving Myanmar crisis

  • 07 Apr 2021
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Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi delivers her speech during a press briefing in Jakarta, Indonesia. File/Reuters

The United Kingdom will support the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in its effort to resolve the crisis in Myanmar, Indonesia’s foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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Retno Marsudi made the remark in a news briefing after talks with visiting British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Indonesia is among several Southeast Asian countries leading a push for high-level talks on Myanmar, where nearly 600 people have been killed in a crackdown on demonstrators opposing a Feb.1 coup.

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