The progress by Asean in Myanmar has not been as effective as hoped, Singapore's foreign minister said.
The United Nations and many countries have urged Asean, whose 10 members include Myanmar, to restore stability through diplomacy.
Balakrishnan said he hoped there would be progress to report on the envoy's visit before the Asean leaders' summit in November. But he cautioned that the military had to grant the envoy access to all stakeholders for the visit to be meaningful.The death toll as a result of Myanmar's Feb 1 coup topped 1,000 this week, according to the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners activist group, which has been recording killings by security forces.
"We have maintained lines of communication," Balakrishnan said, when asked whether Asean or Singapore had engaged with the shadow National Unity Government. The city-state had a cumulative US$24.1 billion of investments approved there as of 2020, according to official Myanmar data since 1988. That made it the biggest source of foreign capital there, ahead of China.
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