ASEAN | Convoy carrying Indonesian, Singaporean diplomats ‘attacked’ in Myanmar | Jokowi condemns attack

May 9, 2023 Contributor 0 Comment ASEAN | Convoy carrying Indonesian, Singaporean diplomats 'attacked' in Myanmar

Members of the Myanmar security forces stand guard on a street in Yangon on July 19, 2022, on the 75th Martyrs’ Day that marks the anniversary of the assassination of independence leaders including general Aung San, father of the currently deposed and imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (AFP/Stringer) Share this article Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Linkedin Agencies PREMIUM Yangon, Myanmar ● Mon, May 8, 2023

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Jokowi condemns attack on ASEAN officials delivering aid in Myanmar

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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday condemned an attack in Myanmar on ASEAN officials delivering humanitarian aid,and called for an end to violence in the strife-torn country.

Jokowi did not provide details of the incident but said it would not deter efforts by Indonesia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to push for peace in Myanmar.

“Stop using force, stop violence because it’s the people who will be victims. This condition will not make anybody win,” he said, adding that Indonesia encourages all stakeholders to have a dialogue and find solutions.

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FILE – Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s armed forces, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing delivers his speech at the IX Moscow conference on international security in Moscow, Russia, June 23, 2021. Myanmar’s military-controlled government has enacted a new law on registration of political parties that will make it difficult for opposition groups to mount a serious challenge to army-backed candidates in a general election set to take place later this year. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

YANGON (AFP) – A convoy of diplomats travelling in Myanmar came under fire from an unknown armed group, a military official and a diplomat said yesterday.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup deposed Aung San Suu Kyi’s administration in February 2021.

On Sunday a convoy of several vehicles travelling in Taunggyi township in eastern Myanmar’s Shan State was attacked by an unknown armed group, a foreign diplomat based in Yangon told AFP on condition of anonymity.

“A convoy with some diplomats was attacked yesterday morning,” the source said.

The convoy was carrying diplomats from the embassies of Indonesia and Singapore and officials coordinating humanitarian relief from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional bloc, they added, noting that no casualties were reported.

A senior military official who did not want to be named confirmed to AFP that a convoy had been fired on.

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The officials and diplomats had been travelling on Sunday to “hand over humanitarian aid,” Indonesian President Joko Widodo said yesterday.

“Regretfully on their way, there was a shootout,” he said, without giving any further details.

AFP has asked the Indonesia and Singapore embassies in Yangon for comment.

Southern Shan state – home to Taunggyi township – has seen relatively little of the violence that has ravaged Myanmar since the coup more than two years ago.

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