Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, who chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, will visit Myanmar, where the turmoil continues, for two days from the 7th.
We are planning to meet with the top of the Myanmar Army and aim to overcome the situation.
According to the Cambodian government, Prime Minister Hun Sen will meet with Myanmar's top commander, Min Aung Hlaing, who took control in the coup d'etat, and discuss issues such as ASEAN.
ASEAN has continued to crack down on the Democrats and has been reluctant to work with ASEAN to mediate between the army and the Democrats. Myanmar continues to be absent from the summit because it did not allow the top attendance and the repulsive military side did not allow the deputy to attend.
In this situation, Prime Minister Hun Sen emphasized the importance of maintaining unity of ASEAN as the presidency of this year, and expressed his intention to return Myanmar to the summit.
The focus of this visit will be on how other ASEAN member countries can agree to return.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has also mentioned the possibility of extending his stay in Myanmar and is expected to be persistent in negotiations with the military.
Concerns from ASEAN member countries
Concerns have been raised by ASEAN member countries over Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit to Myanmar.
Indonesian President Joko posted a statement on Twitter on the 4th of this month after having a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Hun Sen.
According to this, President Hun Sen touched on five items in the meeting last year, including the immediate suspension of violence and the dispatch of special envoys that ASEAN agreed to, including Myanmar. Myanmar's attendance at the conference should be limited to non-political level representatives, "he told Prime Minister Hun Sen.
The attendance of the top Myanmar military at the ASEAN summit should not be easily acknowledged, it is a form of nailing.
Singapore's diplomatic officials also told NHK that "Hun Sen's meeting with Commander Min Aung Hlaing as a national leader will give him the opportunity to approve military rule. This is a problem. ASEAN will not be in line with each other. ”Several member countries have raised concerns.
Associate Professor Tunk Rezasha of Padjadjaran University in Indonesia, who is familiar with ASEAN issues, analyzed that "the inside of ASEAN is in a stalemate" and said, "What kind of results can Cambodia expect from the visit? Member countries Need to be explained to. "
Repulsion in Myanmar
There is widespread opposition to Prime Minister Hun Sen's visit in Myanmar among those who resist military rule.
Among them, Mr. Sasa, a spokesman for the National Unity Government of Myanmar, which was launched by the forces aiming for democratization in Myanmar against the military, said at a press conference held online on the 3rd of this month, "Mr. Hun Sen is Min Aung Hlaing. Shaking hands with the commander's blood-stained hands is unacceptable. "
In addition, on the 4th of this month, about 200 civil society groups related to Myanmar and Cambodia jointly issued a statement, praising ASEAN's measures to prevent the top of the Myanmar military from being invited to the summit. The act of Prime Minister Hun Sen alone gives legitimacy to the military and causes further damage to the people of Myanmar. "
According to local media in Myanmar, a series of explosions occurred near the Cambodian embassy in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on the morning of the 31st of last month. It means that the paper was sprinkled with the words of Myanmar and Cambodia, such as "I can't accept it."