Indonesia backs promotion of 5-Point Consensus on Myanmar
As the rotating chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, Indonesia will promote the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar and continue to provide humanitarian aid to the Myanmar people through the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), said President Joko Widodo.
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) – As the rotating chair of theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, Indonesia willpromote the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar and continueto provide humanitarian aid to the Myanmar people through the ASEAN CoordinatingCentre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), said PresidentJoko Widodo.
Widodo made the remarks at a May 8 press conference at theoutset of the 42nd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings, which willtake place in Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo town on May 9-11.
He stated that the country will create favourable conditionsfor the AHA Centre to complete a related assessment that has been delayed for along time.
On May 7, the AHA Centre and ASEAN working group on Myanmar planned todeliver humanitarian aid to the nation but this plan had to be postponed due tosecurity reasons.
The Five-Point Consensus, adopted by ASEAN leaders in April2021 to support stability in Myanmar and its effective engagement in ASEANcooperation and community building, includes agreed-upon points such as endingviolence, holding constructive dialogue among all parties involved, providinghumanitarian assistance for Myanmar, appointing an ASEAN Special Envoy tofacilitate talks, and allowing ASEAN Special Envoy to visit Myanmar./.
A Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Myanmar was held on October 27 at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, to deliberate on ways to better implement the Five-Point Consensus (5PC) endorsed by the ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on April 24, 2021.
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Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
