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Indonesia’s Myanmar visit draws attention to ASEAN engagement
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Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono ’s June 8 visit to Myanmar has sharpened attention on ASEAN ’s search for a workable approach to a country still mired in conflict, after several foreign ministers from the bloc opened fresh channels with Naypyidaw
Key facts
- The trip was the first official visit by an Indonesian minister to Myanmar since the 2021 military coup.
- she said, referring to ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus, the peace road map adopted in 2021.
- The renewed debate comes after elections held between December 2025 and January 2026 were widely criticised by opposition groups and rights advocates as neither free nor inclusive.
- She pointed to Indonesia’s activism during its 2023 ASEAN chairmanship, when then-foreign minister Retno Marsudi led extensive behind-the-scenes diplomacy with ASEAN members and external partners in an effort to move the peace plan forward.
Summary
The trip was the first official visit by an Indonesian minister to Myanmar since the 2021 military coup.
It attracted scrutiny because Jakarta has long been one of ASEAN’s more vocal advocates of holding Myanmar’s military regime to account.