2021-04-24 07:35:58 GMT2021-04-24 15:35:58(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
JAKARTA, April 24 (Xinhua) -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is holding a leaders' meeting here on Saturday to discuss the ongoing situation in Myanmar.
The meeting is participated by leaders of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Myanmar's Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and chair of the country's newly formed State Administration Council Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
Foreign ministers of Laos, Thailand and the Philippines attend the meeting as representatives.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told a press conference on Friday evening that it would be the first in person meeting of ASEAN leaders since the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, which shows the leaders' concern about the situation in Myanmar.