(L to R) Thailand’s Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sarun Charoensuwan, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, Laos’ Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Brunei’s Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah, and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet leave the stage after a group photo before the start of the retreat session at the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on September 5.//AFP
Jakarta—Asean’s leaders have agreed to form a troika to maintain the handling of the Myanmar quagmire due to the current protracted situation, according to the Asean statement released yesterday
During the retreat on Tuesday, the leaders reviewed and discussed the situation in Myanmar and agreed that the Asean Five Point Consensus (5PC) remains relevant as the main reference to bring peace to Myanmar.
The Myanmar situation, according to the leaders’…
