Former Cambodian prime minister and now royal council president and Senate head Hun Sen has demanded negotiations with Myanmar’s jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in a military coup more than three years ago. UCA News reported this on May 8.
Hun Sen, who handed power to his eldest son Hun Manet last year, made the request during a video conference with Myanmar military junta chief General Min Aung Hlaing, following an earlier offer to hold talks with the warring parties. one month ago.
The talks will be held by teleconference, but critics and anti-junta forces say Hun Sen’s approach will not be welcome given his support for the junta and his past failed attempts to push for a UN peace plan. of East Asia (ASEAN), according to Fresh News. , the semi-official spokesperson for the Cambodian government from five points.
A source from the People’s Defense Forces (PDF), the armed wing of the opposition National Unity Government (NUG), added that Hun Sen’s timing was also bad, given that his interest in the civil war seemed more like an attempt to save General Hlaing. of new defeats on the battlefield.
“Hun Sen wasn’t interested in talking to us when they started 2021, but now we have a battlefield advantage in a civil war the junta can’t win, and he wants to talk? Given his history and his close ties to Hlaing, this will not go too far.”“, indicated the source in the PDF.
Over the past six months, junta forces have suffered a series of serious defeats at the hands of the PDF and the approximately 20 ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) that now control much of the country, including Myanmar’s borders with Thailand, Laos, China and India. and Bangladesh.
During talks with Hlaing on 7 May, Hun Sen “highlighted the importance of implementing the Five Point Consensus”, with “Myanmar taking a leading role” and Hlaing congratulating Hun Sen on his election victory.
Hun Sen called for talks with Suu Kyi, while emphasizing cooperation as colleagues on ASEAN affairs before she is removed from power in February 2021, and urged Myanmar to continue appointing representatives to key ASEAN meetings.
Suu Kyi, 78, and former president Win Myint, 72, were moved from prison to house arrest about three weeks ago amid a heat wave that has hit much of Southeast Asia.
To counter criticism, Thailand recently asked ASEAN to create a troika consisting of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Lao presidency to negotiate with Myanmar’s junta.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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