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Brunei’s second Minister for Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof has been appointed as the special envoy of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to Myanmar.

Myanmar’s State Administration Council (SAC) announced on August 1 the formation of a caretaker government with army chief Senior Gen Min Aung Hlaing as its prime minister.

Chairman of the State Administration Council of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has promised the organisation of new elections, while saying the government of Myanmar is ready to work with any special envoy appointed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Myanmar’s economy is expected to shrink by 18 percent this year due to political turmoil and a resurgent of COVID-19 pandemic, according to the World Bank (WB).

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members are working closely together to implement the five-point consensus reached by their leaders to settle the crisis in Myanmar.

A spokesman of the Myanmar military junta on June 10 confirmed that 12 people were killed in a plane crash that happened on the morning of the same day.

The ASEAN Secretariat has issued a statement on outcomes of a working visit to Myanmar of Chairman of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), Minister of Foreign Affairs II of Brunei Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof and Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on June 4-5.

A solution to the Myanmar issue can be worked out in the "Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) way," said Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for Myanmar military and the State Administration Council (SAC), in a recent interview with Xinhua.

All member countries of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have appreciated the central role and efforts of ASEAN in promoting the search for a peaceful solution to the Myanmar issue.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) on April 26 welcomed the joint statement by the Southeast Asian leaders that called for an end to violence in Myanmar and pursuit of a peaceful solution.

The European Union (EU) described the “five-point consensus” on Myanmar reached at the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting on April 24 is “an encouraging step” forward in ASEAN’s efforts to resolve the current crisis in Myanmar.

United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener is set to arrive in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 22 to meet senior Southeast Asian officials to seek a roadmap to ending instability in Myanmar.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his predecessor Ban Ki-moon have called on Southeast Asian countries to take actions to stop the crisis in Myanmar.

A ceremony was held at Pho Minh Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on April 14 to celebrate the traditional New Year of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand.