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"ASEAN Foreign Ministers convened a Special Meeting on Thursday, 27 October 2022
in Jakarta, Indonesia, to discuss the way forward on ASEAN's efforts to address the
situation in Myanmar, namely with regard to the implementation of the Five-Point
Consensus. YB Dato' Sri Saifuddin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was
represented by His Excellency Norman Mohamad, Deputy Secretary-General for
Bilateral Affairs of the Ministry.
In this Special Meeting, Malaysia reiterated its position that ASEAN needs to have a
Framework, to facilitate the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus, with a clear
endgame for a Myanmar that is democratic, inclusive and just, peaceful and
harmonious, as well as prosperous where civil and political rights are guaranteed by
the Constitution. A transition plan would be required for this Framework. Malaysia also
re-emphasised that, aside from the ASEAN Summits, no political representative from
Myanmar should be invited to any ASEAN Ministerial Meeting.
Towards encouraging constructive dialogue among all parties concerned, Malaysia
proposed for ASEAN to engage the National Unity Government (NUG), National Unity
Consultative Council (NUCC) and other stakeholders.
To improve humanitarian efforts, Malaysia recommended ASEAN to consider the
Inclusive Humanitarian Donor Forum proposed by the NUG to support ASEAN’s
efforts on humanitarian assistance. In addition, Malaysia suggested for ASEAN to
review the current cooperation with the Myanmar Humanitarian Task Force to include
cooperation with local, international and UN bodies, NGOs and CSOs.
There were various proposals made at the meeting. The meeting agreed to study
these proposals and meet again in November to come up with recommendations to
be submitted for the consideration of the ASEAN Leaders at the 40th and 41st ASEAN
Summits, scheduled on 11 November 2022 in Phnom Penh..."
Source/publisher:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Malaysia
Date of Publication:
2022-10-27
Date of entry:
2022-10-27
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- Individual Documents
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Myanmar
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English
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