The Myanmar earthquake and Asian’s diplomacy are the qualification of the military regime and the pavedish of a civilian life? | policy

Al -Jazeera Net Correspondents

kuala lumpur- The earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28 it appears to have moved stagnant water between the military regime and the Organization of Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN).

In the context, Malaysia, as the head of the current session of the “ASEAN” organization, was quick to hold a meeting from a distance at the level of foreign ministers, after which it announced the readiness of the organization’s countries to provide all kinds of humanitarian aid to Myanmar, bypassing what is known as the five conditions collected to deal with the military regime.

The organization had taken a number of measures in the aftermath of the February 2021 coup in Myanmar, which included:

• Not recognizing the legitimacy of the military regime.
• He rejected the participation of his leaders from the first row in the ASEAN meetings, whether at the level of the summit or ministerial conferences.

Bangkok meeting

While he was considered a shift in ASEAN’s policy towards the military regime in Myanmar, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met the head of the military regime, General Min Aung Hlang, in the Thai capital, Bangkok, last Thursday (18 of this month)

Ibrahim announced after the meeting that the Myanmar government agreed to extend the ceasefire, allowing the continued flow of humanitarian aid to those affected by the earthquake.

The military regime and the armed organizations announced a temporary ceasefire after the earthquake, which killed more than 3,600 people, according to official statistics.

Observers link Anwar Ibrahim Labankuk’s visit and his meeting with General Halang with the visit of the Chinese President of Malaysia, who concluded on the same day, and the Malaysian Prime Minister gave an opportunity to present himself a statesman in light of the American customs duties crisis, especially since it did not exclude Malaysia because of its approach to China, although the customs imposed on American goods do not exceed 5 to 6%.

For his part, former Malaysian Foreign Minister Saif Al-Din Abdullah criticized the meeting of Anwar-Hulang, describing him as a step in the wrong direction. He said in a statement he sent to Al -Jazeera Net, that the policy of Asian to get out of the political impasse and the civil war that Myanmar is going through is based on two basis:

• Forming a government of national unity.
• All parties to the conflict are involved in a consulting council for national unity. This is what the military government refuses to deal with.

The former minister is calling for ASEAN not to allow the military regime to exploit the effects of the earthquake in order to obtain legitimacy. He believes that Malaysia, as the president of the current session of ASEAN, should contact the Meanmar government and adhere to the five points taken by the ASEAN summit in Jakarta in 2022, which includes:

• Approval of a comprehensive dialogue.
• And the acceptance of the plaster of Asyan.
• And allow humanitarian aid to reach all regions.

However, a high -level Malaysian diplomat considered in his talk to Al -Jazeera Net that ASEAN’s position on Myanmar caused the organization to retreat for China, and has threatened its unity.

In this, he referred to the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei and Cambodia, Laipidao (the new capital of Myanmar), in violation of the declared policy of ASEAN.

The rehabilitation of the system

While former Foreign Minister Saif Al -Din Abdullah refuses to rehabilitate the military regime and believes that its powers do not exceed 30% of the country’s area, ASEAN’s affairs experts have a direct relationship with the situation in Myanmar see that diplomacy has succeeded in persuading the military leadership to take measures to return to political life before the end of this year.

They express their conviction that the military leadership is heading towards openness internally and externally, and they expect to announce a date for legislative elections not exceeding next February.

The high diplomat, who preferred not to disclose his identity, says that ASEAN leaders are awaiting good -intentioned initiatives from the military regime in order to make way for a return to full participation in ASEAN meetings, such as the release of senior officials in the previous government, especially Chancellor San Suu Qi.

The Malaysian diplomat believes that the military leadership adheres to the ASEAN charter, which prevents interference in the internal affairs of member states, but it shows flexibility in files that contradict this principle, and adds that it may resort to declaring procedures that allow ASEAN to invite her to participate in its upcoming summit next month in Kuala Lumpur.

As it seems flirting with the Islamic states of ASEAN, which are Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, the Myanmar authorities allowed the Islamic bodies to rebuild about 50 mosques destroyed by the earthquake, and announced that they were allocated lands to establish mosques in the new capital.

Many believe that the arrival of President Prabu Sobanto, a military background in Indonesia, and has known his close relationships with the Minanmar generals, would facilitate its return to ASEAN, whose summit will hold the half of the year in the last week of May and the expanded summit at the end of October.