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Indonesia initiates talks with both sides of Myanmar crisis amid outrage over Asean plan for polls

SCMP, 25 Feb 2021
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Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi said her communication with the opposition civilian government and the Myanmar army is being “conducted intensively”.
Retno has cancelled a planned visit to Myanmar, but she met her Burmese and Thai counterparts in Bangkok on February 24, 2021, amid intensified efforts to resolve a crisis that began February 1 when Myanmar’s army seized power in a coup. In Myanmar, dozens of protesters rallied outside the Indonesian and Thai embassies to denounce Indonesia’s reported proposal for fresh elections overseen by Asean poll monitors.

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