BANGKOK — Thailand started the delivery of aid to military-ruled Myanmar on Monday (March 25), in a humanitarian initiative that seeks to pave the way for talks between warring camps after three years of instability and violence triggered by a coup.
Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, Feb 15, 2021.BANGKOK — Thailand started the delivery of aid to military-ruled Myanmar on Monday , in a humanitarian initiative that seeks to pave the way for talks between warring camps after three years of instability and violence triggered by a coup.
The project is part of a wider peace initiative by Thailand to establish a humanitarian corridor, backed by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations , as a civil war intensifies between Myanmar's military on one side and ethnic minority armies and a resistance movement on the other. Asean's five-point peace plan, which Myanmar's generals agreed to in April 2021, has yet to advance, with frustration in the bloc about the junta's lack of commitment and its use of air strikes and artillery in civilian areas.
"This is a display of good intention from Thailand to the people of Myanmar," Thailand's vice foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said, adding, "with the hope that Myanmar will see peace, stability and unity."
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