Following Cambodian PM Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw earlier this month, Cambodia’s year-long ASEAN chairmanship began with the postponement of a high-level conference amid a heated discussion on “who should represent Myanmar” after the post-coup country fell into a tottering loophole.
The two-day summit, in which Cambodia had shown confidence in hosting an in-person ASEAN meeting for the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak began two years ago and was scheduled to start tomorrow in Siem Reap, has been postponed as several ministers are unable to attend.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said he would be absent from the meeting due to a session of parliament the next day, whilst the director-general for Asian, Pacific, and African affairs at the Foreign Ministry, Abdul Kadir Jailani, said Indonesia could understand the deferral, given the…
