The Association of Southeast Asian Nations faces its biggest test yet as it grapples with the Myanmar junta's defiance of its peace plan while navigating complex geopolitical rivalries in the South China Sea.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations faces its biggest test yet as it grapples with the Myanmar junta's defiance of its peace plan while navigating complex geopolitical rivalries in the South China Sea.As ASEAN seeks to maintain its centrality in the region, the bloc faces a daunting task of balancing competing interests and addressing pressing challenges. / Photo: AP
China is also Russia's most important ally in its war against Ukraine, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived on Thursday to take part in the meetings. For the ASEAN nations — Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Brunei and Laos — the violence in Myanmar is at the top of the agenda as the bloc struggles to implement its “five-point consensus” for peace.
Regional issues, including Cambodia's decision to build a canal off the Mekong River that Vietnam, which is downstream, worries could have ecological and security implications, as well as massive dam-building projects in Laos further upstream could also feature in the meetings.
The Philippines, a treaty partner with the US, has been critical of other ASEAN countries for not doing more to get China to back away from its increasingly assertive approach.
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