MoFA Union Minister holds informal consultation with Thai Dy PM
December 23
At the invitation of Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand Mr Don
Pramudwinai, Union Minister U Wunna Maung Lwin of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar attended the Informal
Consultation held on 22 December 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Union Minister
was accompanied by Dr Kan Zaw, Union Minister of the Ministry of Investment and
Foreign Economic Relations, and U Ko Ko Hlaing, Union Minister for
International Cooperation and senior officials.
During the Informal Consultation,
the Myanmar delegation cordially exchanged views on matters of Myanmar’s
cooperation with ASEAN for the implementation of the ASEAN five-point
consensus, providing correct information, reflecting the actual situation on the
ground, and reiterating Myanmar’s position on the recently adopted “ASEAN
leaders’ review and decision on the implementation of the five-point
consensus”.
The Myanmar delegation explained
the Myanmar government’s efforts in peace talks with Ethnic Armed Organizations
(EAOs) with unilateral ceasefire announcement, successful prevention of the
COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery, meetings with political parties, Union
Election Commission’s preparation for free and fair elections in implementation
of the five-point consensus.
The Myanmar delegation
highlighted the progress of the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Myanmar
under the five-point consensus with the cooperation of the AHA Centre including
the delivery of Phase I life-saving humanitarian assistance and the need for
the assessment and planning process for Phase II life-sustaining assistance in
Myanmar.
In addition, the Myanmar
delegation explained terrorist activities committed by unlawful and terrorist
organizations namely so-called NUG, CPRH, and PDF obstructing the Myanmar
government’s efforts to restore peace and democracy.
Due to their terrorist acts and
violent attacks, many innocent lives including monks and nuns, civilians, and
government staff were sacrificed, and they destroyed many public buildings and
infrastructures including schools, hospitals, banks, markets, roads, bridges
and transport vehicles. The Myanmar delegation stressed that the violent
activities of PDF are in breach of the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and
other provisions of International Law, particularly the Geneva Conventions.
Therefore, the Myanmar delegation urged ASEAN member states to denounce
terrorist activities of NUG and PDF and to discourage any moral, material and
financial support to terrorist organizations.
At the sideline of the informal
consultation, Myanmar and Thailand delegations cordially exchanged their views
on bilateral cooperation encompassing political, economic and socio-cultural
matters charting the way forward on future cooperation.—MNA
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