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It’s a no go: ASEAN Special Envoy Sokhonn can’t make third visit to Myanmar


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Minister of Foreign Affairs Prak Sokhonn, as the Special Envoy on Myanmar, will not make a planned third official visit to Myanmar, with time running out when Cambodia’s term as ASEAN Chair expires at the end of the month, and he is scheduled to attend a key summit in Brussels.

 

However, analysts have speculated that the trip will not be made because Myanmar’s ruling State Administration Council (SAC) has not shown progress in implementing ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus (5PC) and recently sentenced seven university students, detained during a crackdown on dissent, to death.

 

Luy David, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said yesterday that Sokhonn is due to attend the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit in Brussels from December 14. “We cannot visit Myanmar for the third time because the time is too short and we will leave this opportunity for Indonesia as ASEAN’s chair next year to continue this work.

 

read more https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501196851/its-a-no-go-asean-special-envoy-sokhonn-cant-make-third-visit-to-myanmar/

 

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