U WUNNA MAUNG LWIN, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs, participated in the 28th ASEAN Regional Forum via video conference at 5:30 pm on 6 August 2021 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nay Pyi Taw.
The
Meeting was chaired by Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister of Foreign Affairs II
of Brunei Darussalam and was attended by Foreign Ministers and representatives
from ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) participant countries. The Secretary-General of
ASEAN also attended the meeting.
During
the 28th ARF, Ministers exchanged views on regional and international issues as
well as on the future direction of the ARF.
At the Meeting, the Union Minister emphasized
that Myanmar attached great importance to the ARF as a primary forum to foster
constructive dialogue and cooperation on political and security issues of
common interest and concern in the region. He also said that he was happy to
see the progress achieved in the implementation of the Hanoi Plan of Action to
implement the ARF Vision Statement which is the future plan of ARF,
encompassing seven priority areas of cooperation and action lines on
Institutional enhancement of the ARF. He was of the view that strengthening
cooperation in these priority areas could help promote confidence building
measures and preventive diplomacy that pave the way forward for the ARF to
become more action-oriented forum at a pace comfortable to all. He also
informed the meeting on the successful convening of the 14th ARF Experts and
Eminent Persons (EEPs) Meeting on 6 July 2021 via video conference co-chaired
by Myanmar and China.
On
regional and international issues, he explained the reason why state of
emergency was declared in Myanmar; implementation of the five-point consensus
of the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting; appointment of the special envoy on 4 August
2021 and Myanmar’s willingness to work closely with the special envoy. He
pointed out that while ARF participating countries have had welcomed the
appointment of the special envoy their support must compliment the five-point
consensus and the five-point roadmap because anything beyond the five-point
consensus and the five-point roadmap would not help the special envoy nor
Myanmar. He also pointed out that a meaningful political dialogue should not
include non-state actors and unlawful associations and terrorist group that are
committing terrorist acts in the country. In this regard, he called on the ARF
participating countries to condemn the violence and terrorist acts committed by
the so-called People Defense Force (PDF) who were receiving support and
financial assistance from unlawful associations and terrorist groups such as
NUG and CRPH.
On
the situation in Rakhine State, he reiterated Myanmar’s commitment to work with
ASEAN in the implementation of the recommendations made under the Preliminary
Needs Assessment (PNA), and stressed that a successful repatriation also needs
close cooperation from Bangladesh, and requested the ARF participating
countries to also encourage Bangladesh to work with Myanmar on the repatriation
of displaced persons from Rakhine State.
The
28th ARF was also attended by senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
MNA
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