Southeast Asian governments are expected next week to criticize Myanmar for the slow pace of democratic reform and call for an early lifting of restrictions on pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

A joint communique that will be discussed by foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations said they “expressed concern on the pace of the national reconciliation process” in Myanmar, according to a draft obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.

“We reiterate our calls for early lifting of restrictions placed on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and the NLD members and for effective dialogue with all parties concerned,” the draft says.

ASEAN foreign ministers will meet July 25 in the lead up to the ASEAN Regional Forum, Asia’s largest annual security gathering that includes talks with China, Japan, South Korea, the United States and other countries.

The ministers also said they were disappointed that the current chairman, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, “was not allowed to meet key stakeholders” during his visit to Myanmar in March.

Syed Hamid visited Myanmar as an ASEAN envoy in March to monitor the progress of democracy but was denied a meeting with Suu Kyi a Nobel peace laureate who has spent 10 of the past 17 years in confinement under Myanmar’s ruling military junta.

The U.N. also has tried, with little success, to bring about a reconciliation between the government and Suu Kyi’s party.

Faint hopes were raised after the junta allowed a new U.N. envoy, Ibrahim Gambari, to visit the country in May and meet with Suu Kyi, the first foreign visitor to see her in more than two years. In their draft communique, the ASEAN ministers noted the initiative taken by Gambari.

Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo also will visit Myanmar early next month. It was uncertain whether he could meet with Suu Kyi, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Erlinda Basilio said.

Aside from Myanmar, the ministers will express concern over North Korea’s test-firing of Taepodong-2 missiles on July 4, “which could have adverse repercussions on peace and stability in the region.”

They also will call for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and will issue support for the early resumption of six party talks aimed at ending the North’s nuclear programs.

Diplomats said because developments remain fluid, the ministers’ statement on North Korea will likely be reworded.