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Low-key Laos has a shot at proving critics wrong
As Asean chair, it gets to show that it is not beholden to China and that quiet diplomacy can work with Myanmar. Question is, will it?
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It was at the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in January 2024 that the Myanmar junta finally accepted the invitation to send a “non-political representative”.
PHOTO: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SINGAPORE
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BANGKOK – Three months have passed since Laos assumed the rotating chair of Asean, which faces challenges growing in complexity.
In the South China Sea, Filipino resupply ships in disputed waters are being blasted repeatedly by Chinese water cannon, raising fears that the United States may be compelled to defend the Philippines, its treaty ally.
