Cambodian PM Hun Sen (R) presents medical supplies to Myanmar (Photo: Xinhua) Phnom Penh (VNA) – Prime Minister of Cambodia - ASEAN Chair 2022 Samdech Techo Hun Sen has emphasised two mechanisms for crisis in Myanmar, after concluding his two-day official visit to the Southeast Asian nation late last week.
At the inauguration ceremony of Battambang-Serey Sophorn road portion on January 10, Hun Sen said the two important mechanisms are related to the ceasefire and humanitarian assistance to the people in need without discrimination.
For the ceasefire, he continued, at least a trio of Brunei as the former ASEAN Chair; Cambodia, the current Chair; Indonesia, the future Chair, plus the ASEAN Secretariat must be created in order to coordinate for a ceasefire.
The provision of humanitarian assistance needs proper mechanism, he added, underlining that assistance has arrived in Myanmar, but has not been distributed yet.
Cambodia started working on the Myanmar’s crisis by the first and fourth points of the five-point consensus adopted by ASEAN leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia in April last year.
Hun Sen also called on Japan to be part of foreign donors for this process and invited a former Japanese diplomat to be an advisor to the ASEAN Chair on the Myanmar’s crisis./.
