‘One-sided’ ASEAN statement on violence rapped

Myanmar’s junta criticised an ASEAN statement condemning military violence and the targeting of civilians as “one-sided”, a day after it said it would not take up its upcoming chairmanship of the bloc, AFP reported.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the 2021 military coup that sparked mass protests and a bloody military crackdown.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has led fruitless attempts to defuse the crisis, with a five-point peace plan agreed with the generals largely moribund and the junta refusing to engage with its opponents.
At a summit on Tuesday, ASEAN leaders called on the military to “de-escalate violence and stop targeted attacks on civilians.”

Host Indonesia said there had been “no significant progress” on the plan.

Myanmar slammed the review as “not objective” and “one-sided,” in a statement published in the state-backed Global New Light of Myanmar.