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Asean’s Myanmar envoy in talks with junta, seeks access to Aung San Suu Kyi
- The Asean bloc has been trying to end violence in Myanmar and open a dialogue between the military rulers and their opponents
- Brunei diplomat Erywan Yusof says he is trying to gain ‘a clear picture of what I’m supposed to do, what they are going to allow me to do when I visit’
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A Brunei diplomat appointed by Southeast Asia’s regional bloc as its special envoy to Myanmar on Saturday said he was still negotiating with the military on the terms of a visit to the country and that he had sought access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has been trying to end violence in Myanmar and open a dialogue between the military rulers and their opponents following the overthrow of Suu Kyi in February.
Asean tasked Erywan Yusof, Brunei’s second foreign affairs minister, last month with leading these efforts.
“There is an urgent need to go now to Myanmar. But I think before all that, I need to have assurances,” Erywan said. “I need to be able to have a clear picture of what I’m supposed to do, what they are going to allow me to do when I visit.”
Erywan wants to visit before late October when Asean leaders are to meet, but said no date has been finalised.
“They haven’t put a condition yet but they haven’t been clear about it,” he said.
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