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EU-ASEAN leaders met at a summit in Belgium last week, but didn’t offer any support to the civilian National Unity Government.

What explains New Delhi’s greater engagement with the country’s military government?

Daw Zin Mar Aung, the National Unity Government’s foreign minister, talks to The Irrawaddy about how ASEAN and the UN must do more to pressure the military regime. 

After nearly two years of getting nowhere to stem the tide of open armed conflict in Myanmar in the aftermath of the Myanmar military junta putsch that ousted the civilian government in February 2021, the ASEAN Leaders' Review and Decision on the Implementation of the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) 15-point statement was released on 11 November with the aim to change the dire status quo.

The regional bloc’s plan to “converge” its 5-Point Consensus with the junta’s election roadmap will only compound the total failure of its approach to the crisis so far.

The release of Australian economist Sean Turnell and three other foreigners is a likely attempt to preempt ASEAN’s growing frustration with the coup government.

Recent statements from senior Southeast Asian officials have demonstrated a lack of understanding of the country’s conflict dynamics.

At the meeting of the Central Committee for the Interim Public Administration on Sunday, the NUG Union Minister of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Risks Management stated that it was necessary to take care of everything as the revolution gets more momentum.

As “deepening divisions” threaten global peace and security, “dangerous rhetoric” is raising nuclear tensions, the UN chief told a meeting of Asian leaders

PM Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Cambodia from November 8-9 is a great success, showing that Vietnam attaches importance to strengthening the cooperative relations, friendship, solidarity and trust between the two countries.