Asean believe Thailand should open shared border to facilitate humanitarian aid

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Special Envoy of the Asean Prak Sokhonn, opens remark during Consultative meeting on humanitarian assistance to Myanmar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 6, 2022. The Association of South-East Asian Nations convened a meeting Friday, in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, in a fresh effort to organize humanitarian assistance for strife-torn Myanmar.- AP

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama): As the conflict and humanitarian situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate, Malaysia and Indonesia being the founding members of Asean should take the lead in asking Thailand to open its shared border with Myanmar to facilitate humanitarian assistance.

Opening the shared border will help ensure proper channelling and coordination of cross border humanitarian assistance to refugees fleeing from the junta rule which is blamed for the violent clampdown on large scale protests, armed uprising and killings.