ASEAN tasked Erywan Yusof, Brunei's second foreign affairs minister, last month with leading these efforts. Erywan wants to visit before late October when ASEAN leaders are to meet, but said no date has been finalised. 'NEED TO TALK TO ALL'Requests seeking access to Suu Kyi have been made to the State Administrative Council, chaired by junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, Erywan said. But access to the deposed leader was not a requirement under a five-point consensus reached by ASEAN in April, he added. When it took power, the military alleged irregularities in an election swept by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party in November 2020.

Source: bd News24 September 04, 2021 12:45 UTC