ASEAN to begin sending humanitarian support to Myanmar in February

LUANG PRABANG, Laos — ASEAN members’ international ministers on Monday agreed to ship humanitarian help to Myanmar, the primary such transfer by the bloc since a navy takeover created a political disaster within the nation in February 2021.

The ASEAN Ministerial Assembly Retreat came about within the World Heritage web site of Luang Prabang, the primary main occasion beneath Laos’ ASEAN chairmanship after it took over the bloc’s yearly rotating function from Indonesia.