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PHNOM PENH — A lack of trust and political will has constrained the peace process in Myanmar, and Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN will shun its ruling generals unless it engages with hostile forces and makes concrete progress. will continue, the regional envoy said on Saturday.
His Prak Sokhonn, Cambodia's deputy prime minister and chairman of this week's regional foreign ministers' meeting, said that although no party showed any willingness to give up the fight, Myanmar would not give up. said no.
Myanmar has been in a spiral of violence since the military took power last year, ending a decade of transitional democracy. You have met a deadly force.
Prak Sokhonn said the military government's recent execution of four activists linked to the militia movement was a major blow to all hopes for peace, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said: Without future progress, its position on Myanmar should be reconsidered.
"I have seen no sign of any willingness on the part of all parties to stop fighting. The only way I see it now is to keep fighting. Why? Lack of trust? for," he said.
"Without this trust, the fighting continues and the political process never stops, because if they fear for their lives, no one will come."
The military junta has become an international outcast due to its crackdown on dissenters. ASEAN has banned the military from representing Myanmar at international conferences until the peace plan begins to be implemented.
The UN-backed peace plan he agreed with ASEAN in 2021 has yet to move forward and remains the only diplomatic process underway, according to Myanmar coup leaders.
In a statement late Friday, Myanmar's military government said ASEAN member states should not interfere in its affairs or engage with "terrorists" who oppose its rule. .
The military has always made it clear that its commitment to the peace process is determined by progress on the ground. We should refrain from interference...subversion and coercion," he said, adding that the military government had made "significant progress" in its peace efforts. (Reporting by Jiraporn Kuhakan; writing and additional reporting by Martin Petty; editing by Kim Coghill)
