PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday stated he had invited Myanmar’s junta chief to a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on the situation that progress is made on a peace plan he agreed to final yr.
Hun Sen, the present ASEAN chair, stated he would discuss to army chief Min Aung Hlaing by video name on Wednesday, noting that since their face-to-face talks earlier this month, ousted Myanmar chief Aung San Suu Kyi had been sentenced and army plane had been deployed in operations.
Min Aung Hlaing led a coup in Myanmar final yr and ASEAN made a shock transfer in barring https://reut.rs/3n0roOZ the junta from essential conferences, over its failure to implement an agreed five-point ASEAN “consensus” on ceasing hostilities and permitting dialogue.
“He (Hun Sen) stated that he had invited HE (His Excellency) Min Aung Hlaing to attend the ASEAN summit if there was progress within the implementation of the 5 factors agreed unanimously,” stated an announcement on Hun Sen’s Facebook web page, summarising his name on Tuesday with Malaysia’s prime minister.
“But if not, he should ship a non-political consultant to ASEAN conferences.”
Cambodia has indicated it needs to interact not isolate the junta, however Hun Sen has been pressed this month by a number of ASEAN leaders together with these of Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore, to not give manner on the settlement.
Hun Sen’s Jan. 7 go to to Myanmar https://reut.rs/3ngcp4w has been a thorny situation for some nations involved it may have been interpreted as ASEAN recognition of the generals.
The ASEAN consensus which features a halt on offensives, facilitating a humanitarian response and granting full entry to a particular ASEAN envoy to all events within the battle.
(Reporting by Prak Chan Thul; Writing by Martin Petty; Editing by Ed Davies)
