Myanmar permanent secretary Marlar Than Htike, on the right, and Indonesia's foreign minister Retno Marsudi, on the left, sit during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' retreat meeting in Luang Prabang on January 29. (AFP)

Myanmar sends representative to ASEAN meet for first time in two years

Myanmar's junta sent a senior official to a gathering of ASEAN foreign ministers in Laos on Monday – the first time the diplomatically isolated country has attended a high-level meeting of the regional bloc in more than two years.

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