AFP PHOTO/Indonesian Presidential Palace

 

ASEAN should move forward with its appointment of special envoys to help mediate a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis in Myanmar without having to wait for consent from the Myanmar military junta, a former senior Thai diplomat said yesterday.

 

Sihasak Phuangketkeow, a former permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, admitted that it’s obvious that the military regime in Naypyidaw is “buying time” by not responding to the five-point consensus adopted by the ASEAN leaders during their summit in Jakarta in late April.

 

The consensus calls among other things for an end to the violence in Myanmar and an appointment of special ASEAN envoys to help find a peaceful solution to the crisis in the country which was trigged by a military coup on February 1.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/asean-should-push-ahead-with-special-envoys-to-myanmar/

 

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5 hours ago, webfact said:

ASEAN should move forward with its appointment of special envoys to help mediate a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis in Myanmar

No point.

ASEAN did nothing at the first meeting and they will do nothing at the next.

How can one military dictatorship tell another what to do?