UNITED NATIONS – U.N. chief Antonio Guterres asked to postpone a virtual meeting with Southeast Asian ministers at the last minute to avoid signaling recognition of Myanmar’s ruling military by being in the same online room as the military’s envoy, U.N. diplomats said. The meeting between the U.N. secretary-general and foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres asked to postpone a virtual meeting with Southeast Asian ministers at the last minute to avoid signaling recognition of Myanmar's junta by being in the same online room as the military's envoy, U.N. diplomats said.
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Antonio Guterres asked to postpone a virtual meeting with Southeast Asian ministers at the last minute to avoid signaling recognition of Myanmar s junta by being in the same online room as the military s envoy, U.N. diplomats said. The meeting between the U.N. secretary-general and foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - including the junta s foreign minister Wunna Maung Lwin - had been due to take place last Friday. But the day before, Guterres asked ASEAN to postpone the meeting until a time when it can be held in a mutually agreeable format, in view of the ongoing urgent international and regional issues , according to an Oct. 8 note from ASEAN chair Brunei - seen by Reuters - notifying members of the delay. U.N. diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Guterres does not want to get ahead of a decision by U.N. member states on who will sit in Myanmar s seat at the world
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres asked to postpone a virtual meeting with Southeast Asian ministers at the last minute to avoid signaling recognition of Myanmar's junta by being in the same online room as the military's envoy, U.N. diplomats said.
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres asked to postpone a virtual meeting with Southeast Asian ministers at the last minute to avoid signaling recognition of Myanmar's junta by being in the same online room as the military's envoy, U.N. diplomats said.