Kuwait City: ASEAN leaders on Tuesday positively eyed a temporary truce in Myanmar and called for rendering the resort to calm as permanent.
According to Kuwait News Agency, in the final statement of the 46th ASEAN Summit, leaders of the member states called for extending the truce, due to expire by the end of this month, and pave the way for halting violence on a sustainable basis, ensuring aid delivery, and beginning a national conciliation dialogue, based on the 2021 concord.
The ASEAN conciliation plan for Myanmar, known as the Five-Point Consensus (FPC), was articulated in April 2021. It outlines a framework for addressing the crisis following a military coup, encompassing an immediate end to violence, constructive dialogue among all parties, and appointment of a special envoy for mediation, humanitarian assistance provision through ASEAN, and a visit by the special envoy to Myanmar to meet with all parties. Moreover, in today's ASEAN statement, member states' leaders expressed deep alarm at the escalatory conflicts and deterioration of the humanitarian conditions in Myanmar that worsened with the 7.7-degree earthquake that struck the country on March 28, 2025.
The ASEAN leaders affirmed commitment to aid Myanmar to reach a peaceful and sustainable solution, stressing that the aspired reconciliation must be among the local powers. They renewed the call for the instant cessation of violence and delivery of the humanitarian assistance supplies provided by ASEAN.
Moreover, they urged the warring parties to seek to rebuild internal confidence for holding the national dialogue aimed at reaching a political solution.
They affirmed support for the ASEAN leadership's efforts to narrow the gap among the foes in Myanmar and acclaimed UN efforts in this respect.
Myanmar has been witnessing a political-humanitarian crisis since a military junta seized power in February 2021.
ASEAN leaders had adopted the five-point plan in April 2021 to resolve the crisis, calling for a truce, cessation of violence, and providing aid to the needy. However, trivial progress has been seen at these levels.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), founded in 1967, is an inter-governmental international organization, comprised of Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia.