{"id":742,"date":"2025-05-22T05:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T05:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/?p=742"},"modified":"2025-05-22T05:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T05:59:31","slug":"with-peace-plan-faltering-asean-calls-two-meetings-on-myanmar-conflict-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarmuslim.news\/en\/2025\/05\/22\/with-peace-plan-faltering-asean-calls-two-meetings-on-myanmar-conflict-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"With peace plan faltering, Asean calls two meetings on Myanmar conflict next week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With peace plan faltering, Asean calls two meetings on Myanmar conflict next week<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about the lack of progress on Myanmar, secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn defended Asean\u2019s plan, describing it as \u2018beautiful\u2019, but urged all stakeholders to implement it. \u2014 Bernama pic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, 21 May 2025 5:10 PM MYT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JAKARTA, May 21 \u2014 The South-east Asian grouping Asean will hold two meetings specifically on the civil war in army-ruled Myanmar ahead of its summit next week, the bloc\u2019s secretary-general said today, in a bid to advance its faltering peace effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations has repeatedly called for a halt in hostilities between rebels and the ruling junta that have displaced an estimated 3.5 million people since the military overthrew the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asean\u2019s peace proposal that same year, the \u201cFive Point Consensus\u201d, which calls for an end to violence and dialogue between warring groups, has made barely any progress, resulting in Myanmar\u2019s ruling generals being barred from its summits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is something new that will specifically focus on Myanmar, that they will take no other issue,\u201d Asean Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn told Reuters in an interview, referring to the two meetings in Malaysia on Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kao Kim Hourn did not specify the issues up for discussion or if there were new proposals to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the first meeting would involve the current, previous and next Asean chair nations, namely Malaysia, Laos and Philippines, respectively. The second gathering would be of the bloc\u2019s foreign ministers, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once seen as a promising frontier market following a decade of economic reform and tentative democracy, the 2021 coup plunged Myanmar into chaos, with the military struggling to govern and battling to contain a widening rebellion by ethnic minority rebels and a pro-democracy resistance movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The military has been accused of widespread atrocities, including air strikes on civilian areas, allegations it has rejected as western disinformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018We all are too impatient\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about the lack of progress on Myanmar, Kao Kim Hourn defended Asean\u2019s plan, describing it as \u201cbeautiful\u201d, but urged all stakeholders to implement it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt will be presumptuous for any party to expect a quick fix to this issue. For us, we stay engaged,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it may take time. You see, the thing is that we all are too impatient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd as long as we bring down, you know, large-scale fighting to a smaller one, as long as we can bring people to the table, that\u2019s progress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He declined to comment on the military launching multiple airstrikes and artillery assaults, as reported by Reuters, despite a ceasefire after a major earthquake in March. Kao Kim Hourn said it was unclear who had violated the ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also reiterated Asean countries and China were committed to finalising a protracted code of conduct for the hotly disputed South China Sea by next year, stressing the need to support that effort by maintaining peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat is important for us in this region, number one, is to de-escalate the tensions and to prevent any possible risk of miscalculation, misperception that gives rise to unnecessary tension and maybe conflict,\u201d Kao Kim Hourn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also cited good progress towards admitting an 11th member to Asean \u2014 East Timor \u2014 which he said had fulfilled a number of required criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMore likely, it could take place maybe later this year,\u201d he said. \u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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