'Both the South China Sea issue, as well as Myanmar, constitute litmus tests for ASEAN's relevance,' says former Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa
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has, since it was founded in 1967, created complex political structures and processes that have largely enabled peaceful cooperation within the region of over 685 million people. Known as the “Five Point Consensus”, the ASEAN-led peace effort for Myanmar has made scant progress since its unveiling in April 2021, just months after the country’s military staged a coup and unseated the elected government.
On Monday, Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said she would work with Malaysia to use diplomatic means to resolve the conflict, underscoring what may be a renewed effort by the bloc.The meeting in Laos will be followed by two days of summits with leaders and top diplomats from other countries, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, China and Russia.
China claims almost the entire South China Sea as its territory and has deployed an armada of coast guard deep into the exclusive economic zones of ASEAN members the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
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