CEBU CITY — Senior diplomats of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are seeking a longer term for the special envoy in Myanmar, which has been plunged into turmoil since the military takeover in 2021. Lazaro recently met military and civilian leaders in Myanmar as the group's designated special envoy to the junta-ruled state. “We had candid discussions on the evolving developments in Myanmar and reaffirmed our commitment to advancing the implementation of the 5PC,” she said. Myanmar recently concluded its third and final round of elections in a monthlong general polls called by the ruling military junta since the army ousted the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Founded in 1967, the ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Myanmar and Timor Leste.