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View all search resultsAsians reluctant to seek outside help to solve conflicts, says peacemaker
A peacemaker said the fact that Asians tended to bereluctant to reach out for third-party assistance in conflict resolution remained the greatest challenge that needed to be dealt with
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peacemaker said the fact that Asians tended to bereluctant to reach out for third-party assistance in conflict resolution remained the greatest challenge that needed to be dealt with.
Michael Vatikiotis of Geneva-based Center for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) said that people in the region tended to consider seeking help from foreigners a bad sign as well as humiliating.
He cited the bloody 2004 Southern Thailand conflict as an example when separatists and the Thai military spent six years from 2006 to 2012 in secret talks that came to no avail.
He said the conflicting parties finally reached a peaceful agreement in 2013, but only after inviting Malaysia to mediate.
The HDC was among those that attempted to mediate negotiations between the Indonesian government and the now-defunct Free Aceh Movement (GAM) between 2000 and 2002.(nai/dic)
