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View all search resultsPhilippine says no consensus within ASEAN on endorsing Myanmar election
Speaking after a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers, she said the bloc affirmed its commitment to implementing the "five-point consensus" to address the Myanmar crisis.
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What’s on the agenda?: Philippine Foreign Minister Theresa Lazaro greets the press on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, before a bilateral meeting with Singapore’s Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat at the Nustar Hotel in Cebu City, the Philippines. (AFP/Jam Sta Rosa)
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hilippine Foreign Minister Ma. Theresa Lazaro said on Thursday that ASEAN member states had not reached a consensus on whether to endorse the results of a controversial election in Myanmar.
Speaking after a meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers, she said the bloc affirmed its commitment to implementing the "five-point consensus" to address the Myanmar crisis.
Earlier, Thailand's foreign minister said that he hoped Myanmar's recent election would be the "start of a transition" that could ultimately lead to a sustainable peace in the civil war-torn country.
Myanmar's pro-military party declared victory Monday in junta-run elections widely labelled a "sham" by rights groups.
Critics say the poll was stacked with army allies to prolong its grip on power after a 2021 coup that saw massively popular democratic figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi detained and her party dissolved.
Speaking on the sidelines of an ASEAN retreat in the central Philippines, Thailand's foreign minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said he hoped the polls might be a precursor to a sustainable peace.
"It's not a perfect election, but we hope that it will be the start of the transition," he told reporters.
"We have not made any pronouncements on the elections," he said, adding observers sent to Myanmar for the poll would remain in place for three more months.
"For most of us, especially Thailand, the position is we hope they will continue after the election with dialogue, reconciliation and (the) peace process, so we will have a sustainable solution, a sustainable peace."
Foreign ministers from the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations had huddled a day earlier in a two-hour meeting devoted to the ongoing conflict in Myanmar.
ASEAN's efforts to defuse Myanmar's ongoing civil war have centred around a five-point plan that Myanmar agreed to in 2021 but has borne little fruit.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said last month that ASEAN would avoid actions that might "confer premature legitimacy" to any party after Myanmar's pro-military party claimed an overwhelming victory in the election's first phase.
