Laotian Times.
A statement by the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was released on 21 March, which reads as follows:
1. As an immediate neighbour and Aseam fellow, the Lao PDR has been closely following the developments in Myanmar. We stress the importance of maintaining political stability in all Asean Member States in order to achieve a stable, peaceful, and prosperous Asean Community.
2. The Lao PDR reiterates the Asean position as stated in the Asean Chairman’s Statement issued on Feb 1 2021 and the Chair’s Statement on the Informal Asean Ministerial Meeting issued on 2 March 2021. We encourage all parties concerned to engage in a peaceful resolution through constructive dialogue and reconciliation in order to return the situation to normalcy soon for peace, development, and the interests of the people of Myanmar.
Myanmar citizens protest against the military coup in front of the UN office in Bangkok, Thailand on Feb 22, 2021. - Reuters
PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia is ready to join other Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states to assist Myanmar on its path to normalcy, said a foreign ministry s statement on Tuesday (March 9). As a friend and a member of the Asean Community, Cambodia, like all other Asean member states and community at large, is closely following the situation in Myanmar and is saddened by the ongoing escalation of violence that has caused loss of lives, the statement said.
While respecting the core principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of member states, Cambodia has supported the Asean chairman s statement on the developments in Myanmar issued on Feb 1, and the chair s statement on the Informal Asean Ministerial Meeting issued on March 2, to support a peaceful solution to the current crisis in Myanmar, it said.
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Delegates attend the Informal ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – An informal meeting via videoconference of foreign ministers of 10 ASEAN member
states took place on March 2 and ended with the release of a Chair s Statement. The following is the full text of the document:
Chair’s Statement on the Informal ASEAN Ministerial
Meeting (IAMM)
1. The
IAMM) was convened on 2 March 2021 via
videoconference, with the view to progress the implementation of the ASEAN Community
Vision 2025, work on an ASEAN Community post-2025 vision, advance ASEAN’s
initiatives to respond to and recover from the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic, discuss ASEAN’s external relations, as well as exchange
The foreign ministers of Singapore and Indonesia expressed "grave concern" over the situation in Myanmar and support a proposal to hold an informal Asean ministerial meeting on the issue, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said yesterday.. Read more at straitstimes.com.