On Dec. 5, 2023, Justice for Myanmar (JFM) reported that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) would not attend nor provide any support for the upcoming 26th Ministerial Conference of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) program that will be held on Dec. 15 in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Despite ADB’s withdrawal from the event, the conference will continue, and several representatives from other GMS member-states will attend. According to JFM, some notable attendees include China’s Finance Minister Lan Fo’an, Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sok Chenda Sophea, Lao’s Planning and Investment Minister Khamjane Vongphosy, Vietnam’s Planning and Investment Minister Nguyen Chi Dung, and Thailand’s Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat.