Exclusive-UN envoy to hold "sideline" meetings ahead of ASEAN summit on Myanmar

[April 21, 2021]    BANGKOK (Reuters) - The United Nations special envoy for Myanmar will fly to Jakarta on Thursday to meet senior officials of Southeast Asian nations searching for a path to end bloodshed after a coup in Myanmar, according to three sources familiar with her movements.

Demonstrators block a road during an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar, March 4, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

Christine Schraner Burgener will not be attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders' summit on Saturday but aimed to hold meetings on the sidelines of the event, the sources said.

(Reporting by Tom Allard and Poppy McPherson; Editing by Martin Petty)

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