Blinken to press Asean to take tougher line on Myanmar, China

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He will travel to Indonesia to participate in a meeting of foreign ministers from the Asean regional bloc. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Asean has barred Myanmar’s ruling generals from its high-level meetings, but“We do expect our friends and partners in Asean... to continue to downgrade Myanmar’s representation in the Asean ministerial and we also look forward to finding ways to increase pressure on the regime to compel the regime to end its violence and return to a path of democracy,” Mr Kritenbrink said, during a phone call to preview the trip.

“It’s not a matter of getting countries on board with the US view. It’s a matter of working with our partners to advance our shared view and vision for the region, and to push back on behaviour that runs counter to that vision,” he said. REUTERS

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