Myanmar tells ASEAN Aung San Suu Kyi will be looked after: envoy
Myanmar's Foreign Minister informed ASEAN officials that detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health and being cared for. The meeting marks the first high-level engagement between the bloc and Myanmar's military leadership since the 2021 coup.
Why it matters
This meeting represents a potential, albeit slow, shift in diplomatic efforts to address the ongoing civil war and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar.
The Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN was told on Sunday (July 12, 2026) 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’,” Ms. Lazaro told a press conference.
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