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25-01-2024, 03:38 PM
ASEAN Should Back a New Myanmar
JANUARY 25, 2024 5
Recent developments in Myanmar make it vital to heed the voices of those who have been laying the groundwork for a new and inclusive federal democracy in the country.
On Jan. 28-29, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers will meet in historic Luang Prabang.
until 1975 the capital of Laos, their host country. It will be their first meeting since Laos took over ASEAN’s rotating chairmanship from Indonesia at the beginning of the year.
Laos’ theme for the year of its chairmanship is “ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience”. But as is often the case when ASEAN leaders gather, other issues will loom large over the meeting, particularly the situation in the South China Sea and the crisis in Myanmar
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-...anmar.html
JANUARY 25, 2024 5
Recent developments in Myanmar make it vital to heed the voices of those who have been laying the groundwork for a new and inclusive federal democracy in the country.
On Jan. 28-29, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers will meet in historic Luang Prabang.
until 1975 the capital of Laos, their host country. It will be their first meeting since Laos took over ASEAN’s rotating chairmanship from Indonesia at the beginning of the year.
Laos’ theme for the year of its chairmanship is “ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience”. But as is often the case when ASEAN leaders gather, other issues will loom large over the meeting, particularly the situation in the South China Sea and the crisis in Myanmar
https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-...anmar.html
