Asean chair Indonesia must be firm in dealing with Myanmar crisis, say analysts

Just like within Asean, response is split within Indonesia on how to address the Myanmar coup. - AFP

YANGON/JAKARTA, Dec 5 (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesia must take a stronger approach to tackle the Myanmar crisis, analysts say, now that it has taken over from Cambodia as the chair of Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean).

Leaders at the 40th and 41st Asean summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov 11 have maintained that the “five-point consensus” peace deal on Myanmar “shall remain our valid reference and should be implemented in its entirety”.