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Subject: Re: AFP-Myanmar expresses solidarity with Indonesian "brothers"

The Burmese junta recently commented over the East Timor situation, and
it said, "We fully sympathize with our Indonesian brothers."  But the
term that the regime used 'sympathize' made no clear meaning of what
the regime trued to express. In fact, with our common sense, the regime
might try to say that it shared sorrow with the Indonesian regime that
finally to allow a international peacekeeping force and eventually to
give up its colonized territory, East Timor.

One thing certain is that, no matter whether the regime, SPDC, likes it
or not, the generals in Burma cannot walk away from the situation. Why?

Because the latest development shows that the ASEAN's mean them of
'no-interference' is no longer relevant, Thai, Malaysia, Philippine,
Singapore, and even the newest member Cambodia troops are willing to
take part in the peacekeeping force that will in this weekend deplore
in the Timor. 

Again, it is a good step that participating by the ASEAN's member
troops in the international peacekeeping force over one of the ASEAN's
member soil, Indonesia, will definitely enhance greater experience in
the areas of law enforcement and maintaining order for a governmentless
state, Timor,  by exercising with other non-ASEAN member nations and
their troops.

In conclusion, The Burmese generals should keep in mind that Burma's
situation cannot be left out by the UN since the regime turned out the
UN representative, UN Human Right commissioner, who was set to visit to
Burma by the Burmese junta sometimes in this September. Only one way to
enforce the UNGA resolution over the Burma is using the "Stick" in
terms of using the force that the only language the regime understands.
Because the regime is not enjoy eating the carrots offered by the UN,
the regime may delight dealing with the international peacekeeping
force after East Timor.            
       
The Rangoon Post (Washington, DC)

   


--- TIN KYI <tinkyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Myanmar expresses solidarity with Indonesian
> "brothers"
> 
> YANGON, Sept 13 (AFP) - Myanmar expressed sympathy
> with its Indonesian
> "brothers" on Monday and hinted at uneasiness that
> some ASEAN members were
> keen to join a peacekeeping force in East Timor.
> "We have followed closely the developments in East
> Timor and greatly regret
> the loss of lives and destruction of property," said
> a government spokesman
> in a statement to AFP.
> 
> "We fully sympathise with our Indonesian brothers.
> Myanmar and Indonesia
> have always enjoyed a special relationship dating
> back to the days of the
> struggle for independence."
> 
> The statement also distanced Myanmar from the
> involvement of some
> Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
> members in a proposed
> peacekeeping force for East Timor.
> 
> "The decision of some ASEAN countries to be involved
> in peacekeeping
> operations in East Timor is not a coordinated ASEAN
> position and accordingly
> we would not like to comment on it."
> 
> Some analysts say that the unprecedented scenario of
> ASEAN nations deploying
> troops on the soil of a fellow member could weaken
> the grouping's cardinal
> principle of non-interference in one another's
> internal affairs.
> 
> That could expose Myanmar, which is accused by
> Western nations of gross
> human rights abuses, to more intense scrutiny on its
> own human rights
> performance.
> 
> Myanmar is accused by many foreign governments of
> gross human rights abuses
> and of suppressing the opposition led by Aung San
> Suu Kyi.
> 
> "It is our consistent policy that the deployment of
> an international
> peacekeeping force in a territory should be
> implemented only with the
> concurrence and agreement of the government
> concerned," said the statement.
> 
> Thailand, as the current chair of ASEAN's
> policy-making body, has been at
> the forefront of Asian efforts to put together a
> Timor peacekeeping force.
> 
> ASEAN members Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia,
> Singapore and Thailand
> have offered troops for a UN force. The other states
> in the group are
> Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam.
> 
> Indonesia, under former president Suharto was one of
> the few states to have
> even irregular contact with isolationist Myanmar
> under reclusive dictator
> General Ne Win who ruled from 1958-88.
> 
> Both countries were dominated by the military and
> have been close on the
> conservative wing of ASEAN since Myanmar joined the
> organisation two years
> ago.
> 
> Should Indonesia make a full transistion to
> democracy, Myanmar could lose a
> close ally in the organisation, diplomats in Yangon
> say.
> 
> "To try to draw too much comparison between the
> situations in two countries
> lacks relevancy," the spokesman said however.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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