On Wednesday, Myanmar's military leadership lashed out at an ASEAN group of Southeast Asian nations for excluding its general from a regional rally, a move that resulted in ``gaipatsu''. accused of giving up.
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have voiced their condemnation of Myanmar's military government. They should stop engaging with the opposition and end hostilities.
The Myanmar military seized power from the elected government in a coup last year and has since crushed opposition with deadly force. Most recently, the military government has been criticized for executing political activists and imprisoning Myanmar dissident and pro-democracy movement icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Banned from attending meetings, some members last month said they would be forced to rethink how to move forward unless the military government shows progress on its peace plan.
The military government declined an offer to send non-political representatives to his ASEAN conference.
"If the seat representing a country is vacant, it should not be called an ASEAN summit," military government spokesman Zaw Min Tun said at a regular press conference on Wednesday. He added that he was working to implement peace. schedule.
"What they want is for us to meet and talk to terrorists," he said, calling the junta's label against pro-democracy movements that took up arms against the military.
He said ASEAN violated its own policy of not interfering in national sovereignty issues while facing "foreign pressure," but did not elaborate. rice field.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia, the current chair of ASEAN, did not address the accusations.
Ms Chum Sounry, spokesperson for the ministry, said ASEAN "hopes that the situation in Myanmar will improve significantly so that she can return again as an integral member of our united ASEAN family." there is," he said.
Several Western countries, including the US and UK, have imposed sanctions on Myanmar's military government over the coup.
