Jakarta
Indonesia has again urged Myanmar to ensure the safe return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees as ASEAN moves sluggishly to ensure the safety of the minority group. Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi said recently that ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi had reported at an ASEAN foreign ministers’ retreat on Thursday that two of the four priority projects under the bloc’s 2019 preliminary needs assessment had been implemented and that the other two were still under discussion. She did not provide details on the projects, which aim to help Myanmar prepare for the repatriation. An ad hoc support team made up of members of the ASEAN Secretariat and the Myanmar government are pursuing additional project proposals, which include plans for road infrastructure, health, education and livestock. Indonesia has requested that the ASEAN Secretariat and Myanmar begin w...