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DevelopingNext check : Further ASEAN follow-up on engagement with Myanmar’s military-backed government and the peace plan.

Where it stands

ASEAN foreign ministers met Myanmar’s military-backed government in Manila on July 13, the first such meeting in five years, but the government continued to reject ASEAN’s peace plan and deny access to Aung San Suu Kyi. Thailand later backed Myanmar’s full and equal return to ASEAN, while Min Aung Hlaing rejected the peace consensus; the engagement process and its follow-up remain open.

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    1. Update 1ASEAN Ends Five-Year Freeze With Myanmar Talks, but Peace Plan Remains Deadlocked
    2. Update 2Thailand Backs Myanmar's ASEAN Return as Leader Rejects Peace Consensus

    The story so far

    1. Update 212 days later

      Thailand Backs Myanmar's ASEAN Return as Leader Rejects Peace Consensus

      On his first trip abroad as president, Min Aung Hlaing won Thai backing for a return to ASEAN — days after rejecting the peace plan that return depends on.

      Still open after this report

      • No agreed path exists for turning Thai support into formal ASEAN consensus at the November summit.
      • No source file details what calibrated implementation would require of Naypyidaw in practice.

    2. Update 1

      ASEAN Ends Five-Year Freeze With Myanmar Talks, but Peace Plan Remains Deadlocked

      Ministers met Myanmar's junta-backed envoy in Bangkok after five years of shunning — reaffirming a peace plan Naypyidaw had just rejected.

      Still open after this report

      • No verified account of detainee releases, ceasefire steps, or humanitarian access resulting from the meeting.
      • No confirmed civilian casualty total for recent months in the sources provided.

    History

    1. Opened1 report

    Who's involved

    People

    • Aung San Suu Kyiformer State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy2 reports
    • Sihasak PhuangketkeowThai diplomat2 reports
    • Anutin Charnvirakul32nd Prime Minister of Thailand1 report
    • Min Aung Hlaing11th President of Myanmar1 report
    • Tess LazaroFilipino diplomat (born 1959)1 report
    • Vivian BalakrishnanSingaporean politician1 report

    Places

    • Myanmar (Burma)Myanmar (Burma)2 reports
    • NaypyidawNaypyidaw, Myanmar (Burma)2 reports
    • BangkokBangkok, Thailand1 report
    • The Government House1 Nakhon Pathom Rd, Khwaeng Dusit, Khet Dusit, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10300, Thailand1 report

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