‘Ideal peacemaker’: Nobel Prize nominee says Cambodia best suited to solve Myanmar crisis


File photo of the Karen National Liberation Army and People’s Defence Force examining two detained soldiers after they captured an army outpost in the southern part of Myawaddy township in Kayin state, Myanmar, March 11, 2024. - AP

SPEAKING to Khmer Times in an exclusive interview, a renowned Myanmar activist and 2024 Nobel Peace Prize nominee proposed that Cambodia take a leading role within Asean, in cooperation with the two more powerful nations in Asia, to bring real peace and ceasefire to that war-torn country, an initiative he describes as the “Phnom Penh Peace Process.”

Maung Zarni is a UK-exiled Myanmar human rights activist, well-known for his strong opposition to the violence in Rakhine State and the Rohingya refugee crisis.

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