The minister said it has also overshadowed progress in other efforts. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA – Asean leaders are expected to decide on the grouping’s next course of action regarding Myanmar, following a review of the implementation of a 2021 peace plan conducted by foreign ministers on Monday, given its limited progress in tackling the crisis there.
“The eyes of our peoples are on us to prove Asean still matters and can contribute towards peace, stability and prosperity in the region,” she added. “Malaysia and other partners had expressed our views that we cannot just let it be without any strong action taken against Myanmar’s junta,” he told reporters.for the 43rd Asean Summit.
She also noted that Asean has been working hard in the past nine months on efforts that include ensuring a peaceful and inclusive Indo-Pacific region, and getting more countries from outside Asean to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia that governs interstate relations in South-east Asia.At the 27th Political Security Council Meeting later in the day, Ms Retno said the “insignificant progress in Myanmar left a negative mark on Asean”.
Citing the humanitarian and socioeconomic impacts of the war between Russia and Ukraine as a warning, she said: “We should not let the same situation happen to our region and undermine the progress that Asean has worked for since 1967.”
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