SINGAPORE: Singapore's defence minister says Myanmar's actions could weaken a key principle that underpins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Minister for Defence Dr Ng at the 18th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos. SINGAPORE: Singapore's defence minister says Myanmar 's actions could weaken a key principle that underpins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations .
Speaking at the 18th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Laos, Dr Ng added the ADMM, the regional bloc's highest defence consultative and cooperative mechanism, could"lose credibility" as a result.ASEAN centrality refers to the principle that ASEAN should maintain a leading role in regional cooperation and diplomacy. Myanmar is one of ten members in the grouping.
"Dr Ng noted that Myanmar’s behaviour is not in line with the ASEAN Leaders’ Review and Decision on the Implementation of the Five-Point Consensus issued in October 2024 which called for the crisis in Myanmar to not affect ASEAN decision-making," said MINDEF. "He urged Myanmar 'not to use ASEAN for its own politics of retaliation not to put the ADMM in a difficult position for its own purposes'," MINDEF added.
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