Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stated on Wednesday the continuing disaster in Myanmar was affecting the area’s safety and welfare and new methods have to be discovered to steer its navy rulers to work with ASEAN to realize peace.
After assembly Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr in Manila, Anwar stated he appreciated his counterpart’s reiteration {that a} five-point peace plan agreed between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Myanmar’s junta have to be applied.
“…but I would certainly suggest to explore new areas how the Myanmar junta can be persuaded to work within ASEAN and resolve the outstanding issue which cannot be considered as purely internal because it is affecting the security and welfare of the region,” Anwar stated.
Myanmar has been beset by social, political and financial chaos since its navy overthrew an elected authorities in 2021.
Human rights teams and the United Nations have accused the navy of finishing up atrocities as a part of a crackdown on its opponents, which it says are “terrorists” looking for to destroy the nation.
ASEAN, which has a long-held precept of staying out of its members’ sovereign affairs, has grown annoyed on the junta’s lack of progress on a peace plan agreed with the generals shortly after the coup.
While the 10-member bloc has barred Myanmar’s generals from attending its high-level conferences, Malaysia, a vocal critic of the junta, has known as for extra stringent motion. The generals have reacted angrily to what it calls interference by ASEAN members.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
