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Implementation of ASEAN five-point consensus to be led by Myanmar: Junta
Wunna Maung Lwin made the remarks on March 21 at a reception for Sokhonn, ASEAN secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi and the Cambodian delegation, who are in the bloc’s westernmost country for a three-day visit from March 20-23.
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Myanmar Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin welcomes Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, January 7, 2022. (AFP/Cambodian Government)
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unna Maung Lwin, the foreign minister appointed by Myanmar’s military ruler, has told ASEAN special envoy Prak Sokhonn that the implementation of the five-point consensus must be a ‘Myanmar-owned’ and ‘Myanmar-led’ process.
Wunna Maung Lwin made the remarks on March 21 at a reception for Sokhonn, ASEAN secretary-general Lim Jock Hoi and the Cambodian delegation, who are in the bloc’s westernmost country for a three-day visit from March 20-23.
According to a press statement from the Myanmar foreign ministry, Wunna Maung Lwin highlighted that the special envoy’s first visit to Myanmar would pave the way for confidence building and understanding to promote cooperation in ASEAN.
Wunna Maung Lwin said the country is committed to continuing its cooperation with ASEAN in implementing the five-point consensus, and that Myanmar’s commitment has been demonstrated since the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting in Jakarta, it added.
Sokhonn and his delegation also met with Ko Ko Hlaing – the military government-appointed minister for international cooperation and chairman of the Task Force to Facilitate the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar – on the same day.
During the meeting, Ko Ko Hlaing and Sokhonn had exchanged views on the provision of humanitarian assistance to Myanmar for Phase-1 and regarding the preparations for Phase-2, the Myanmar foreign ministry said.
The meeting was also attended by senior officials and task force leaders including health minister Thet Khaing Win and minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Thet Thet Khine.
Simultaneously, the National Unity Government (NUG) – or government in exile – issued a press statement calling on Sokhonn to also meet with its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Retweeting the message of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US ambassador to Cambodia Patrick Murphy said: “We’re supporting ASEAN’s efforts … and appreciate the work of ASEAN’s Special Envoy, Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, who arrived in [Myanmar] today … The FM’s [Foreign Minister’s] experience, and that of his country, in enduring a genocide, gives crucial perspective.”
