Burmese junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has not been invited to the upcoming ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh (November 10-13), the Foreign Ministry spokesman told AFP on Wednesday (October 5th). Cambodian.
Cambodia, which holds the rotating presidency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) of which Burma is a member, asked Naypyidaw to send "
a non-political representative
" but the junta "
refused to 'send someone
,' Chum Sounry said.
"
Burma's participation in the high-level meetings was tied to progress in achieving the five-point consensus
," he said.
End the violence
This agreement, agreed in April 2021 between the junta and ASEAN, aimed to end the violence in the country which tipped into chaos after the coup d'etat which overthrew the civilian government of Aung San Suu in February. Kyi.
It included a call for dialogue with opposition parties and the appointment of an ASEAN special envoy in a mediating role.
The Foreign Ministers of the Asean countries, except that of Burma, expressed in August their “
deep disappointment
” in the implementation of this roadmap with “
limited
” progress.
"
We are consistent in our decisions and remain optimistic that the situation in Burma will improve, for the country to return as an indispensable member of our united Asean family
," said Chum Sounry.
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The ASEAN countries have already excluded Min Aung Hlaing from their last summit, in October 2021, after the leader refused to let a special envoy meet Aung San Suu Kyi, detained since the takeover by the army.
The junta provoked a new wave of indignant reactions from the international community after an air attack which killed twelve children on September 16 in a school in a village in the northwest of the country.
