When Myanmar's military leader Min Ang Hlaing agreed to accept an Asean special envoy at the grouping's hastily called summit on April 24 to discuss the post-coup developments in that country, few thought the process would be quite as easy as the announcements of the day may have seemed to suggest. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
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THE STRAITSTIMES/ANN BANGKOK - While Asean has now appointed a special envoy to try to facilitate dialogue amid Myanmar's crisis, the key question is whether he would be able to gain access to all the political stakeholders in the country, says Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.