BANGKOK: Thailand called today for the regional bloc Asean to take a more proactive role in trying to resolve the crisis in military-ruled Myanmar, after weeks of fighting near its border that halted trade and led to a brief influx of refugees.
Myanmar is locked in a civil war between the military on one side and, on the other, a loose alliance of established ethnic minority armies and a resistance movement formed after the junta’s bloody crackdown on dissent following its 2021 coup.The Association of Southeast Asian Nations came up with a peace plan in 2021 that Myanmar’s generals agreed to, but it has only been partially implemented, causing fissures in the bloc and frustration from its most prominent members.
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“The fight between the opposition and the has moved to Myawaddy … it’s very close to Thailand and more needs to be done from the Asean side,” Nikorndej added.
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