Foreign news agencies reported from the city of Yangon. Myanmar on August 18, citing information from several diplomatic sources. who revealed to “Nikkei Asia” that Myanmar will not assume the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the year 2026 due to the unstable domestic situation which is a consequence of the coup on February 1, 2021
The Philippines, which was scheduled to take over from Myanmar in 2017, will be promoted to assume the role of chairman of ASEAN one year earlier.
The ASEAN Secretariat Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines There is no official comment yet. Indonesia is currently chairing ASEAN in 2023, which will be followed by Laos in 2024 and Malaysia in 2025.
However, this move is not the first time. that Myanmar does not accept the chairmanship of the annual ASEAN Since being approved for membership in 1997, during the period under military rule By refusing to assume the role of Myanmar’s president, it happened in 2006.
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2023-08-18 04:06:00
