Indonesia has for months been quietly engaging key stakeholders in Myanmar's conflict, as well as neighbours India, Thailand and China in an effort to kick-start a peace process as violence intensifies, its foreign minister said on Friday.
Retno Marsudi earlier told Reuters exclusively that Indonesia, as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , had launched a quiet effort to make a breakthrough in the crisis, with its diplomats having held more than 60 "engagements" with all parties involved.Speaking later at a press conference, Retno said it was vital to secure the trust of all those involved.
The Indonesian move is the first major effort to bring to the table all the key players in Myanmar's conflict and push for the implementation of a peace "consensus" that its top general agreed with the bloc two years ago. A spokesperson for the NUG said it is cooperating with the ASEAN chair as it is "trying for a peace dialogue".
ASEAN leaders have been losing patience with the junta over its failure to implement the peace consensus and its continued
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