LABUAN BAJO - Asean should focus on finding ways to implement the peace plan it has agreed with Myanmar, instead of questioning its validity, said experts, adding this was the more effective route towards ending the violence in the troubled nation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
LABUAN BAJO - Asean should focus on finding ways to implement the peace plan it has agreed with Myanmar, instead of questioning its validity, said experts, adding this was the more effective route towards ending the violence in the troubled nation.was drawn up by Asean in April 2021 to try to resolve the crisis triggered by the Myanmar military’s coup in February that year, which has since seen thousands of civilians killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.
“The challenge is not abandoning or replacing the 5PC, it’s producing a workable implementing framework for the 5PC alongside all Myanmar stakeholders, and to ensure that Asean’s approach does not change depending on who the chair is in any given year,” Dr Evan Laksmana, a senior fellow for South-east Asia Military Modernisation from the think-tank IISS-Asia, told The Straits Times on Friday.
At the close of this week’s summit, Mr Widodo had strong words for those who criticised the bloc’s approach to Myanmar, and said engagements with the country had been ongoing.
“Time is ticking, and Indonesia’s chairmanship will be over in six months, but the Myanmar crisis will not be solved by then. If Indonesia can lead Asean to issue the implementation plan that consists of practical, concrete and measurable steps for 5PC, it can show its strong leadership in the region,” she said.
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