Key facts
- ASEAN foreign ministers will meet their Myanmar counterpart in Bangkok on July 12.
- The meeting is informal and aims to discuss Myanmar's civil war and engagement with ASEAN.
- Myanmar's ruling generals were excluded from ASEAN summits following the 2021 coup.
- The conflict in Myanmar has resulted in an estimated 100,000 deaths and millions displaced.
- Myanmar's military-aligned parliament has resolved to review and challenge ASEAN's peace plan.
Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are scheduled to hold an informal meeting with their Myanmar counterpart in Bangkok on July 12. The gathering, led by the Philippines as ASEAN chair, aims to discuss Myanmar's ongoing civil war and its engagement with the bloc. This marks the first in-person meeting with Myanmar's top diplomat since the 2021 military coup, which led to the exclusion of the ruling generals from ASEAN summits.