Cambodia, the presidency of ASEAN, has announced that it will visit Myanmar from the 20th of this month on the special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which mediates dialogue with all forces in the ongoing turmoil of Myanmar.
This is the first visit, and attention is being paid to how the military, which has full control, accepts the special envoy.
The Cambodian government, which chairs ASEAN, announced on the 2nd that Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokong, who has been appointed as a special envoy of ASEAN, over the response to Myanmar, where the military has full control since the coup d'etat, this month. Announced that he will visit Myanmar from the 20th to the 23rd.
This is the first time for the special envoy to visit, but the announcement does not reveal details such as which power to interact with.
ASEAN has agreed on five items, including the immediate suspension of violence in Myanmar and the dispatch of special envoys to mediate dialogue with all forces, and several ASEAN member states have been detained by Aung San Suu Kyi. We are urging the military to visit the special envoys of the democratic forces.
On the other hand, the military has accused the "National Unity Government of Myanmar" established by the pro-democracy camp as a group of terrorists, and emphasized its stance of not allowing contact with special envoys.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokong, as a special envoy, is looking for ways to realize dialogue with pro-democracy forces, but this time he has shown a stance of prioritizing efforts to the military, and how the military will accept the special envoy. It is attracting attention.