KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim mentioned Wednesday that the state of affairs in Myanmar was tackled throughout his bilateral assembly with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
In the joint assertion, Anwar mentioned they mentioned how minorities are being handled in Myanmar.
“We did touch upon Myanmar to strengthen the five-point consensus of ASEAN, but also give some flexibility, room, and space for neighboring countries to engage on an informal basis without sacrificing the issues of human rights and the treatment of minorities, particularly the Rohingyans and other Burmese middle minorities in Myanmar,” Anwar mentioned.
On July 12, the ASEAN international ministers known as for regional unity in addressing the intensifying battle in Myanmar amid doubts in regards to the bloc’s functionality to implement a two-year-old peace course of that has but to get off the bottom.
Myanmar has been hounded with preventing for the reason that army seized energy in early 2021 earlier than unleashing a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy opponents.
This prompted a wave of retaliatory assaults by a resistance motion and ethnic minority armies.
Marcos mentioned he and Anwar acknowledged the significance of ASEAN Centrality in addressing regional points.
“We reaffirmed our commitment to support our activities within the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA),” Marcos mentioned.
“However, having said that, we also agreed that we can explore not only along multilateral lines all of the issues that are facing us in the region but also that there is utility in us promoting a bilateral relationship, especially between Malaysia and the Philippines and our other partners in ASEAN,” he added. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
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