Myanmar pledges to implement five-point consensus with ASEAN this year
Myanmar's leader Sen. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing has said that some points of a consensus reached with the ASEAN to end the country's ongoing crisis will be implemented this year.
A member of the Myanmar security forces walks by a checkpoint in Yangon on July 19, 2022. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Myanmar's leader Sen. Gen.Min Aung Hlaing has said that some points of a consensus reached with the ASEAN to end the country's ongoing crisis will be implementedthis year.
In his August 1 televised speech broadcast on state TV, MinAung Hlaing said this year, as all situations are in progress, the mostpossible points of the five-point ASEAN consensus will be implemented under theASEAN frameworks.
Myanmar was unable to implement the so-calledfive-point consensus last year due to "lack of stability" partlybecause of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus on handling the Myanmar crisishad been agreed at the ASEAN Leaders Meeting (ALM) in Jakarta last April.
Itcalls for the “immediate cessation of violence” with all parties exercising“utmost restraint”; a constructive dialogue among all parties; the mediation ofsuch talks by a special envoy of the ASEAN chair; provisions of humanitarianassistance coordinated by ASEAN; and a visit to Myanmar by an ASEAN delegation,headed by the special envoy, to meet with all parties./.
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A member of the Myanmar security forces walks by a checkpoint in Yangon on July 19, 2022. (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
