Myanmar's State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi looks on during the opening session of the Asean and European Union summit at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Manila, on Tuesday. (Reuters photo)TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday pledge up to ¥117 billion ($1.03 billion) of development aid to Myanmar in a meeting in Manila with government leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Abe and Ms Suu Kyi are in the Philippines for an Association of South East Asian Nations conference including other regional leaders. While there, Ms Suu Kyi, whose administration has no control over the security forces under a constitution drafted during military rule, discussed the Rohingya crisis with UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres. China and the US also compete for influence in Myanmar.

Source: Bangkok Post November 14, 2017 11:48 UTC