Bangkok ¨C The?Association of Southeast Asian Nations was told on Sunday by Myanmar¡¯s foreign minister that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was ¡°a sister¡± who was in good health and would be looked after, ASEAN¡¯s special ?envoy to Myanmar said.
Maria Theresa Lazaro, the Philippine foreign minister, has been pressing for access to 81-year-old ?Suu Kyi, ?who has been held since her elected government was ousted in a 2021 military coup ?that plunged the country into conflict.
¡°My recollection of the statement of the Myanmar foreign minister on Aung San Suu Kyi is that she¡¯s in good health and that the premise of how he said this ?is that ¡¯she is a relative, she¡¯s a sister and therefore we will take care of her,¡¯¡± Lazaro told a press conference.
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