“Myanmar’s Minister of Military Affairs Visits Thailand” … Focus on ASEAN Role Theory

Amid mounting international pressure on Myanmar’s military, media reports that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar’s military government visited neighboring Thailand are drawing attention.

This is because Indonesia is a visitation rumor that was formed while seeking a diplomatic solution at the level of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to the coup.

On the 24th, Reuters reported that Myanmar’s Minister of Military Affairs Unna Maung Lewin visited Thailand, citing Thai government sources.

The Kyodo news agency also cited diplomatic sources and delivered the same content.

He was Foreign Minister in the government of Tein Sain, a former military man, and returned to the head of diplomacy for the military government after the coup.

Sources said Minister Unna Maung Lewin had visited Thailand to discuss ASEAN’s diplomatic efforts, the news agency said.

If it is true that you visited Thailand, this is the first case of a visit to a foreign country by the military government after the coup on day 1.

Confirmation from the Thai government has yet to come out.

This visit to Thailand came as Indonesia is trying to find an ASEAN-level diplomatic solution to the Myanmar coup.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Letno Masudi said he planned to visit Myanmar on the 25th, but as the controversy spread as related documents were released, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry announced that it would cancel the visit this week. morning.

However, it is known that Retno is currently visiting Thailand, and some remarks are expected that the military government chancellor’s visit to Thailand is for an interview with Minister Retno.

Regarding the ASEAN-level solution to the Myanmar crisis, media reports have suggested that Indonesia has suggested that ASEAN member states send election watchers so that Myanmar can hold new fair general elections.

As such, there was a strong backlash within Myanmar saying it did not recognize the legitimacy of the November general elections.

It is said that the general elections could give an indulgence to the military who provoked the coup, saying that it was a fraudulent election.

Protests in front of Indonesian embassies in Myanmar and other countries followed.

On this day, the protesters shouted “ The opposite, to re-implement the general elections ” gathered at the Indonesian Embassy in Yangon.

The Indonesian Foreign Ministry then took a step back and said: “It does not support the new elections in Myanmar and is seeking an intra-regional agreement on the best way to restore Myanmar’s democracy.”

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