Six countries boycott ASEAN military exercise led by Russia and Myanmar junta

Myanmar Now
September 26, 2023

Singapore, a member of the regional bloc, was among the countries refusing to attend the event held by a working group co-chaired by the Russian and Myanmar regimes

 An Indian Army contingent poses ahead of its attendance at a counterterrorism exercise being held in Russia September 25-30 (Press Information Bureau of India) 

A military exercise commenced in Russia on Monday under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) Experts’ Working Group on Counter Terrorism, co-chaired by the Russian and Myanmar junta defence ministries.