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Thailand has proposed what is known as “Friends of the Chair” to coordinate with all parties concerned in the crisis besetting Myanmar with an aim of reaching a negotiated peace settlement in the country.
The proposal, made by Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai at the ASEAN summit in Jakarta on Saturday, calls for the core group to comprise the current chairman of ASEAN, the ASEAN secretary general, a UN representative and two other ASEAN member countries.
“At this juncture, the most critical task of ASEAN is to achieve a de-escalation of violence in Myanmar. Such achievement will demonstrate ASEAN’s ability to effectively tackle the Myanmar issues within ASEAN itself,” said Don, who was the special envoy of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha who skipped the summit in order to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic at home.
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