A senior Cambodian official claims Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has agreed to arrange for an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) special envoy from Cambodia to meet members of the ousted ruling party on a future visit, according to a Reuters report.

The pledge, made in a January 26 video call with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, represents a small concession in a deadlocked peace process since Myanmar's military seized power a year ago from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), the report says.

According to Kao Kim Hourn, a minister in Hun Sen's office who was part of the video meeting, Min Aung Hlaing did not identify which members of the NLD might be made available.

Up to this point, the Myanmar junta has said foreign delegates cannot gain access to detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi because, they claim, she is currently in the process of being charged and sentenced in the judicial system.

Cambodian PM Hun Sen sparked controversy with his visit to Naypyitaw January 7-8, seemingly acting without the consensus of other ASEAN members.

Since last year, ASEAN has been calling on the Myanmar junta to adhere to a 5-point consensus agreed by all 10 members of the regional bloc, including the ability of the ASEAN envoy to meet “all parties” to the Myanmar crisis.