TODAY'S EDITORIAL: Asean should propose peace plan for Ukraine
Few countries have been spared from the ripple effects, threatening the global economic recovery from the impact of the lingering pandemic. In our words, the 10 member states of Asean stand to gain from peace in Eastern Europe.The Asean proposal could be an alternative to a plan proposed by China, which was criticized for not mentioning the return of Ukrainian territories now occupied by Russia. Estonia even called China's plan 'extremely unfair' to Ukraine for that.
Recently, it helped restore diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, bringing some stability to the Middle East. That is important to Asean states, like the Philippines, which has thousands of migrant workers deployed there.Alternative brokerThe US and others in the West might be more open to peace initiatives coming from a country other than China. Although Asean is not a country, that regional bloc might be a more acceptable peace broker for the West.
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