Indonesia's Widodo says no real progress on Myanmar peace plan

12 May 2023
Indonesia's Widodo says no real progress on Myanmar peace plan

Southeast Asian nations have made "no significant progress" on implementing a peace plan aimed at ending bloodshed in Myanmar, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit ended.

Escalating violence in junta-ruled Myanmar dominated the three-day meeting on the Indonesian island of Flores.

The regional bloc has spearheaded diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis, though its mostly fruitless attempts to enact a five-point plan agreed upon with Myanmar two years ago have fuelled warnings the group risked irrelevance.