ASEAN Gives Myanmar an Ultimatum
ASEAN leaders have agreed to give Myanmar an ultimatum by making way for the country’s “de facto freeze” in ASEAN. Leaders also agreed to accept Timor Leste as the 11th member of ASEAN.
(L-R) Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, and Indonesia's President Joko Widodo stand on stage during the ASEAN-UN summit as part of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits, in Phnom Penh on November 11, 2022.
PHNOM PENH, FRIDAY – Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to send Myanmar an ultimatum as a consequence, if it continues to fail to implement the five-point consensus. This leads to the possibility of wider exclusion, including Myanmar’s “de facto freeze” in ASEAN.
“There is a need for an implementation plan that includes concrete, practical and measurable indicators within a certain time frame to support the five points of the consensus,” ASEAN leaders stated at the 40th and 41st ASEAN summits in Phnom Penh on Friday (11/11/2022).