Consultative meeting on humanitarian aid distribution to Myanmar may be held in late April

A consultative meeting on humanitarian assistance distribution to Myanmar is planned to be held in late April or early May.
Consultative meeting on humanitarian aid distribution to Myanmar may be held in late April ảnh 1Prak Sokhonn, Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar (Photo: khmertimeskh.com)
Phnom Penh (VNA) - A consultative meeting on humanitarian assistance distributionto Myanmar is planned to be held in late April or early May.

The information was provided by Prak Sokhonn, Special Envoyof the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, at a recent press conference on the outcomes of hisworking visit to Myanmar from March 21-23.

According to Sokhonn, who is also Deputy Prime Minister andMinister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, theupcoming consultative meeting will allow all stakeholders to exchange views onhow to distribute humanitarian aid to the most in need in Myanmar withoutdiscrimination.

The meeting will also seek solutions so that the aiddistribution will run smoothly without, he added.

Three key points will be also discussed in the meeting. Theyinclude the establishment of the ASEAN Troika mechanism, which consists ofBrunei (former ASEAN chair), Cambodia (current ASEAN chair) and Indonesia (nextASEAN chair) and the ASEAN Secretary-General, to coordinate and monitor theimplementation of the Five-Point Consensus, the formation of the “Friends ofMyanmar” group to support the work of ASEAN and Myanmar, and the creation of ahumanitarian corridor, Sokhonn stressed./.

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