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Minister hopes polls are ‘start of transition’ to peace
Cape Argus
|January 30, 2026
THAILAND'S foreign minister said yesterday that he hoped Myanmar's recent election would be the “start of a transition” that could lead to sustainable peace in the civil war-torn country.
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Myanmar’s pro-military party declared victory on Monday in junta-run elections widely labelled a “sham” by rights groups.
Critics say the poll was stacked with army allies to prolong its grip on power after a 2021 coup that saw massively popular democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi detained and her party dissolved.
Speaking on the sidelines of an ASEAN retreat in the central Philippines, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said he hoped the polls might be a precursor to sustainable peace.
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