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Cambodia shelves first Asean meeting over attendance ‘difficulties’

January 13, 2022
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PHNOM PENH – Cambodia said on Wednesday (Jan 12) it had postponed a meeting of foreign ministers of Asean scheduled for next week, because some ministers had expressed “difficulties” in attending.

The meeting was the first under Cambodia’s chairmanship of the 10-member bloc, which comes amid divisions on how to deal with the military that seized power in Myanmar last year and has led a bloody crackdown on thousands of its opponents.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen met Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing last week, the first such visit by a head of government, sparking concern that it could undermine international efforts to isolate the junta.

“The postponement is because many Asean ministers are having difficulties to travel to join,” Cambodia foreign ministry spokesman Koy Kuong told reporters, without elaborating.

Asked separately by Reuters which ministers could not attend the Jan 18-19 meeting in Siem Reap and why, Mr Koy Kuong said he “can’t speak for them”.

Under Brunei’s chairmanship, Asean late last year took the unprecedented step of sidelining Min Aung Hlaing from its annual leaders’ summit over his failure to honour commitments he made towards ending violence and starting a dialogue process.

The exclusion angered the junta, which said outside powers had pressured Asean to break its own code of consensus and non-interference.

Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia had backed excluding the junta.

Cambodia, however, is taking “different approaches”, its foreign minister Mr Prak Sokhonn said on Saturday, while denying that Mr Hun Sen’s visit was an endorsement of the Myanmar military.

Mr Prak Sokhonn was expecting to be appointed special Asean envoy to the Myanmar situation at the Siem Reap meeting.

On Saturday, he criticised the previous envoy, Mr Erywan Yusof, as being unproductive in insisting on access to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been convicted in recent weeks of several offences, including incitement.

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

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