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Myanmar’s Readmission to ASEAN Summits Still ‘Far Off,’ Special Envoy Says
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The Diplomat
Theresa Lazaro said that the bloc wants to see more progress on the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus for resolving the country’s conflict.
Speaking at a press conference after an ASEAN meeting in Manila, Reuters reported, Philippine Foreign Secretary Ma.
Theresa Lazaro said that Myanmar’s compliance with ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus plan for resolving the conflict was still being assessed.
“It’s still far off,” said Lazaro, who is serving as ASEAN’s special envoy on Myanmar this year, while the Philippines holds the bloc’s rotating chairmanship.
The Five-Point Consensus was formulated by ASEAN in April 2021, two months after the coup that threw the country into political and economic turmoil.