Thailand hosts informal meeting on Myanmar political crisis

By GRANT PECK
Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Three Cabinet ministers from Myanmar have attended an informal regional meeting in Thailand’s capital to discuss efforts to restore peace in the military-run country. A Thai Foreign Ministry spokesperson described the meeting as meaningful, with the participants “engaging in free-flow and proactive discussions.” Myanmar’s military government is shunned by many nations for seizing power and violently suppressing its opponents, but neighboring Thailand has remained on good terms with the generals and refrained from serious criticism. The meeting came a day after the U.N. Security Council approved a resolution demanding an immediate end to violence in Myanmar and urging its military rulers to release all “arbitrarily detained” prisoners, including ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi.