Indonesia and Singapore stressed the importance of the implementation of ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar during a meeting between Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on January 25.
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob held a video conference with Samdech Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia – ASEAN Chair 2022, according to the Malaysian foreign ministry.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has reaffirmed the importance of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s five-point consensus on Myanmar, during his phone talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen.
Russia sees good prospect in further deepening the win-win partnership with all members of the Association Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including Vietnam, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a written reply to queries by Vietnam News Agency's correspondents on the country's diplomatic orientations in 2022.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang presented views on issues that have drawn concern of the press and the public at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on January 20.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 14 for Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer via videoconference.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen held an online talks with Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for Myanmar Noeleen Hayzer on January 13, reported the Cambodian news agency AKP.
A Myanmar junta court on January 10 sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in prison on three charges, including illegally importing and owning walkie-talkies and breaking COVID-19 prevention and control rules, according to the local media.
About 70 percent of Japanese companies investing in Myanmar will either maintain or expand their operations in the Southeast Asian country in a year or two despite the impact of political instability and the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Japan External Trade Organisation report.
General Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the ruling State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar, declared a five-month ceasefire when meeting with visiting Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Nay Pyi Taw on January 7.
Cambodia will donate medical materials and equipment to help Myanmar in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Health.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on January 4 held phone talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo to discuss cooperation under the ASEAN framework and Myanmar's political situation, according to Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
“Vietnam has achieved all set targets with some aspects succeeding beyond expectation”, stated Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, during an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of Vietnam’s completion of its term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in 2020-2021.
Vietnam has obviously played an active role at the UN Security Council (UNSC), and successfully performed the task of the President of the council in two months, according to Ambassador T.S Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (UN).
At least one person was killed in a jade mine landslide in Myanmar’s Kachin state on December 22, announced the country’s search and rescue teams on the same day.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has said that he would name the country's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn as the ASEAN chair's new special envoy to Myanmar.
Vietnamese authorities and representative agencies abroad have worked closely with domestic and foreign airlines to conduct over 800 flights carrying home nearly 200,000 Vietnamese citizens from over 60 countries and territories, amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.
Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) and army chief of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing reduced the prison sentence of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years on December 6, reported AFP.
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