HEADLINE-ASEAN | Myanmar crisis looms over ASEAN Summit

President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo (center) issues a press statement at Hotel Meruorah in West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara province on May 8, 2023, just days before the start of the ASEAN Summit.(Courtesy of Communications and Information Ministry/-)

The fallout from the 2021 Myanmar coup will loom large over the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Indonesia this week despite the junta’s absence, with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressing regret over an attack on a diplomatic convoy delivering humanitarian relief in the conflict-ridden country.

As chair of ASEAN and host of the regional summitry this year, Indonesia has sought to implement a five-point peace plan agreed with Myanmar two years ago that called for the cessation of violence and the granting of access to humanitarian assistance, following a pandemic-era putsch that has sparked violent clashes between the junta forces and a multi-headed resistance.

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Now, just days before he is set to open the summit, Jokowi had to get tough with the warring sides after a mission involving regional humanitarian relief agency the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre) got caught in crossfire.

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Nina A. Loasana and Yvette Tanamal
The Jakarta PostJ
Jakarta/Labuan Bajo, Flores

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