ASEAN foreign ministers will hold an informal meeting with Myanmar's junta-appointed Foreign Minister Tin Maung Swe in Bangkok on July 12, marking the first in-person ministerial contact since the February 2021 military coup; the Philippines, as 2026 ASEAN chair, will lead the session, as an estimated 16.2 million people inside Myanmar require humanitarian aid

21-gun salute for Min Aung Hlaing, a 'shared future' joint statement, RMB–kyat settlement and Kyaukpyu, Beijing legitimises a ballot that barred the opposition