The attack was strongly condemned by the United Nations and Western powers.
Indonesia – Southeast Asia’s biggest economy – is serving as the 2023 chair of ASEAN and will host the 10-member bloc’s annual leaders’ meetings in May and September.
Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said last week that Jakarta was working hard to implement a “five-point agreement” agreed with the Myanmar junta in April 2021, which calls for an end to violence and talks between the army and rebels. Is.
But the plan has been largely ignored by the junta and mediation efforts by ASEAN countries to resolve the crisis have so far failed.
Jakarta’s presidency of the bloc raised hopes that ASEAN could use Indonesia’s weight as a regional economic power and its diplomatic experience to push for a peaceful settlement in Myanmar.
