At the recently concluded 48th Asean summit, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as chair, called for a more “aggressive and effective” approach to the civil war in Myanmar.
While Myanmar’s leaders have been barred from high-level meetings since the military coup in 2021, Asean’s roadmap for normalisation – the five-Ppoint consensus – remains the bloc’s primary but largely ineffective framework for engaging with the military junta.
With relations between both sides turning sour for more than five years, what can Asean and Myanmar realistically expect from one another? BFM speaks to Dr Moe Thuzar, a senior fellow at the Iseas Yusof Ishak Institute.
Presenters: Richard Bradbury, Sharaad Kuttan & Shazana Mokhtar
Producers: Jake Lim & Sean Aw/BFM
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