00:00ASEAN Special Envoy on Myanmar, Teresa Lazzaro, is leading a humanitarian mission to the country on a two-day visit,
00:07despite no confirmation from Naypyidaw yet.
00:10Lazzaro is expected to hold meetings in the capital, but details of whom she will meet have not been disclosed.
00:17Myanmar's military-backed government has yet to confirm the visit, after saying in August that an ASEAN Special Envoy was
00:23no longer needed.
00:24Lazzaro previously requested access to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in detention since the military removed
00:32her from power in the 2021 coup.
00:34Myanmar's top leaders remain barred from high-level ASEAN meetings over their failure to comply with the bloc's peace plan
00:41following the coup.
00:42However, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia and Laos have recently welcomed coup leader Min Ong Leng as he seeks to
00:51renew engagement with ASEAN.
00:54ASEAN.
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