Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar H.E. Prak Sokhonn has urged the State Administrative Council (SAC) of the Union of Myanmar to facilitate the return of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to the home in consideration of her fragile health, according to H.E. Chum Sounry, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA.IC).

H.E. Prak Sokhonn, also Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Cambodia, has conveyed to the SAC the “deep concern expressed by ASEAN colleagues” with regard to the report on the transfer of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from the home to a jail in Nay Pyi Taw and urged the SAC to facilitate her return to the home where she was originally detained, the spokesperson added.

“I have no doubt that the same concern resonates beyond ASEAN, considering that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is regarded internationally and by many in Myanmar as having a critical role in your country’s return to normalcy and national reconciliation through a peaceful political solution,” H.E. Chum Sounry quoted Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Prak Sokhonn’s recent letter to H.E. Wunna Maung Lwin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

In his capacity as the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, H.E. Prak Sokhonn continued, “I would like to echo the voice of our ASEAN colleagues in urging the State Administrative Council of Myanmar to exercise compassion and facilitate the return of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to the home where she was originally detained, in consideration of her fragile health and well-being, as well as fair and judicious practice of the rule of law.”

“We all share the view that a peaceful national reconciliation cannot be expected when one party to the conflict is taken out of the resolution equation,” said the ASEAN Chair Special Envoy, underlining that “Therefore, all our ASEAN colleagues strongly encourage the State Administrative Council of Myanmar to begin an inclusive process of national reconciliation without further delay”. A peaceful political resolution to a conflict, no matter how complex it is, must involve the sharing of political space by all involved, he added.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press