VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Eva Kusuma Sundari, Executive Board of ASEAN Parliamentarians For Human Rights (APHR) said, Indonesia is one of the countries currently that can help resolve the issue in Myanmar. The reason is, there are several ASEAN countries that are not consistent with the consensus (Agreement-ed) for solving problems in Myanmar.

"It turns out that several ASEAN countries themselves who do not comply with it (Consensus) are not united. They have found a good formula but a weak solution," Eva said during a dialogue with Pro3 RRI, Saturday (29/10/2022).

Eva said that the war between Russia and Ukraine, which became several ASEAN countries, was no longer focused on resolving it in Myanmar. And inconsistent with the consensus.

"After there was a war in Ukraine, some countries said Myanmar was an ASEAN affair, we were lobbying internationally because they focused on Ukraine. Only yesterday Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei were active and while others were not consistent with the consensus," she said.

He hoped that ASEAN countries would remain consistent in solving problems in Myanmar. "Hopefully there will be only Indonesia and Malaysia, Malaysia will not be crowded anymore even though Malaysia is very strong in helping the settlement in Myanmar, especially for ASEAN," she said.

Previously, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi explained that in the upcoming ASEAN Summit, the leaders will review the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus agreed at the April Summit last year. This is to respond to the political crisis in Myanmar after the military coup, because they judge that there has been no significant progress in implementing the consensus.

The Five-Point Consensus calls for an end to violence, dialogue with all stakeholders, appointing special envoys to facilitate mediation and dialogue. Furthermore, allowing ASEAN to provide humanitarian assistance to the citizens of Myanmar, as well as allowing ASEAN special envoys to visit and meet with stakeholders in Myanmar.

“Instead of progress, the situation is said to have worsened. The language used by the chair is 'deteriorating and worsening', and this is a reflection of what the ASEAN foreign ministers said,” said Retno.

“This situation is of course very unfortunate. The Five-Point Consensus is the decision of the ASEAN leaders. And it is the result of a special meeting where General Min Aung Hlaing was also present and aimed at helping Myanmar overcome its political crisis," said Retno. (RRI)