Foreign Ministers from the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) on Friday held a virtual meeting to discuss the current developments regionally as well as globally and share perspectives on the forum's future trends, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said

The resolution of the crisis in Myanmar by force, as it happened in Iraq, is impossible in present circumstances, Thailand's former deputy foreign minister and former ambassador to Myanmar, Virasakdi Futrakul, told Sputnik on Friday

The Myanmar military sees itself as the custodian of Myanmar's statehood and territorial integrity, drawing legitimacy from the belief that it was created earlier than the country itself, Thailand's former deputy foreign minister and former ambassador to Myanmar, Virasakdi Futrakul, told Sputnik on Friday

The newly appointed ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar, Erywan Yusof, will present his first report at the foreign ministers' meeting in September, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday

The foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have not yet been able to reach a consensus on the appointment of an ASEAN Special Representative for Myanmar, a diplomatic source close to the talks told Sputnik after a virtual meeting chaired by Brunei

US President Joe Biden promoted the need for multilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region during a virtual meeting the leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries, the White House said on Friday