Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan says a lack of progress means it is not the time to re-engage at a high-level with Myanmar's junta.
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – There has been no sign of improvement in the political situation in Myanmar since the 2021 coup, Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said following a meeting in Washington with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said he shared his counterpart’s pessimism.
Balakrishnan told a press conference a lack of progress meant it was not the time to re-engage at a high-level with Myanmar’s junta, but said current ASEAN chair Indonesia was engaging with “a wide spectrum of stakeholders” on Myanmar, a reference to talks involving opponents of the coup. Blinken said he agreed with his Singaporean counterpart and that Washington supports ASEAN’s efforts on Myanmar.
The United States has issued sanctions against Myanmar’s military and its companies, and urged other countries to stop weapons sales to the junta.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Thailand seeking to reengage Myanmar junta with ASEAN meeting – letter, sourcesThe letter from Thailand's foreign minister does not explicitly say that Myanmar's junta-appointed foreign minister has been invited to the meeting. However, two informed sources say the Myanmar minister has been invited.
Read more »
Singapore to put more police robots on the streetsSINGAPORE, Singapore -- Singapore will 'progressively deploy' more patrol robots across the city-state, police said Thursday, after more than five years of small-scale trials.
Read more »
Romualdez championing not PH foreign policy but the US'JOSE Romualdez, our ambassador to Washington, D.C., has been implementing not Philippine foreign policy but that of America, which he confuses as our foreign policy. Especially as the US capital is the most important diplomatic post in the world and since he is the most talkative member of our foreign service corps, Romualdez has and will be reversing the gains in instilling nationalism among Filipinos made by late Foreign Affairs secretary Blas Ople, and of course former president Rodrigo Duterte.Romualdez himself obliviously revealed his American worldview in an interview with the Hong Kong-based news website Asia Times. The interview was conducted by his big fan, also a pro-US, anti-China writer, Richard Heydarian, who himself seems unaware of the fundamental divergence between US and Philippine foreign-relations policies.
Read more »
Head of docs’ group: No need to hire foreign MDs for ‘tech transfer’For the head of the PCP, there is no need for the country’s hospitals to hire foreign doctors to facilitate technology transfers, an idea broached by a senator and proposed to recently appointed Health Secretary Ted Herbosa. | kdevillaINQ
Read more »
Marcos assures PH will be a reliable foreign trade partnerPresident Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. told foreign trade partners that the Philippines will be a reliable partner and will be ready to deliver as it moves to improve its export performance. | ManilaBulletin
Read more »
Neda chief outlines plan to expand PHL’s foreign trade and investment footprint | Cai U. OrdinarioThe Philippines is keen on pursuing more free trade agreements as well as renewing its Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) with the European Union to expand the country’s trade and investment opportunities. In the Philippine Economic Briefing (PEB) in Singapore on Thursday, National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) Secretary…
Read more »