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Indonesia told major powers not to use Southeast Asia as a “proxy” for their rivalries Friday at the start of two-day talks between regional foreign ministers, while also calling for unity and progress on the Myanmar crisis.The ASEAN Secretary General and Foreign Ministers pose for a group photo during the 32nd ASEAN Coordinating Council meeting in Jakarta on February 3, 2023.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo told ASEAN ministers in talks before Friday’s meeting that “ASEAN should not be a proxy for any party,” repeating a call he made at an ASEAN leaders’ summit in Cambodia last year, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said. Myanmar’s foreign minister Than Swe – appointed this week—was not present at the ASEAN talks Friday, the bloc having declined to invite a junta member and only requesting a “non-political representative”—an offer rejected by Naypyidaw.
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