Asean Five Point News Today

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, or Jokowi, was frank in saying that no progress had been made over the Myanmar crisis at the latest Asean summit in Labuan Bajo during a press conference after the event. Apparently, he was disappointed that the chair's efforts did not make the desirable outcome under his watch.

BOGOR: Malaysia and Indonesia have both agreed to further strengthen the protection of migrant workers, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn, in his capacity as the Asean chair’s special envoy to Myanmar, plans to visit there for a third time in the coming weeks in further pursuit of the efforts to assist its return to normalcy and a democratic path.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Malaysia will oppose Myanmar’s presence at ministerial-level meetings of Asean in response to the junta’s execution of four democracy activists...

As President Halimah Yacob hosted Vietnam's President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday in Singapore's first state visit since the onset of Covid-19, both leaders underscored the importance of closer cooperation for their countries to recover together and emerge stronger from the pandemic.

The country will not participate in this week’s meetings of foreign ministers from Asean, spurning an invitation to send a non-political representative instead of its chief diplomat, its government said.

The Republic is also "disappointed by the lack of tangible progress in the implementation of the Asean Five-Point Consensus", the MFA said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Singapore "remains deeply concerned about recent developments in Myanmar", a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Tuesday (Dec 7), in response to media queries over recent events.

It is often said that Asean's brand of regionalism is uniquely its own.