The meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Tuesday comes as doubts mount over the credibility and unity of the bloc in dealing with the region's thorniest challenges
Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi delivers her speech during a press briefing ahead of the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
The meeting of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations comes as doubts mount over the credibility and unity of the bloc in dealing with the region's thorniest challenges.for Myanmar, which was agreed with the country's military rulers after they seized power in a 2021 coup and calls for an immediate halt to violence.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk recently urged the U.N. Security Council to refer the escalating violence to the International Criminal Court, and for countries to stop supplying weapons to the junta. "As long as the approach that the parties take is a zero-sum approach, durable peace will never be achieved," Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said of the efforts last week.
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