Myanmar took over the ASEAN Chairmanship from Brunei at the end of the 23rd ASEAN Summit on Thursday, but will only begin official engagement on Jan. 1, 2014.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will meet with Myanmar President to discuss the human rights situation in his country as it assumes the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2014, a top official said here on Thursday.
Myanmar symbolically took over the ASEAN Chairmanship from Brunei at the end of the 23rd ASEAN Summit on Thursday, but will only begin official engagement on Jan. 1, 2014.
Speaking to media on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit, Ban acknowledged that there were continued concerns over persecution of minority Muslims in Myanmar but stressed the importance of continued engagement.
He noted that a meeting would take place with Myanmar President Thein Sein on Friday morning as part of the UN engagement with the next chair of ASEAN.
"Myanmar has been undergoing an unprecedented reform process, which the United Nations fully supports, however I remain concerned about ongoing communal violence," Ban told reporters.
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