ASEAN agrees to seek consensus in making any Myanmar-linked decisions

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Thursday to seek a consensus in making any decision to address violence in Myanmar, which has been under military rule since a February 2021 coup."The meeting unanimously agreed that decision-making in ASEAN shall be based on consultation and consensus...to address the situation in Myanmar," a chair's statement released after their half-day special meeting in Jakarta said.They underscored, however, the need to further strengthen the implementation of the so-called five-point consensus, which refers primarily to ending vi…READ FULL ARTICLE