His Excellency Kong Phok: Even without Myanmar in the ASEAN Summit, it will not affect the consensus
Phnom Penh÷His Excellency Dr. Kong Phok, the official spokesman of the ASEAN Summit and related meetings in 2022, said that even without Myanmar in the ASEAN Summit, it does not affect the principles of consensus.
During a daily press conference on the evening of November 10, 2022, HE Dr. Kong Phok explained that the principle of consensus would not be affected even in the absence of Myanmar, as ASEAN had invited non-political representatives to the meeting, but Myanmar itself was a boycott.
He added that the invitation was non-political because ASEAN members felt that progress in implementing Myanmar’s five-point agreement was still limited.
His Excellency Kong Phok stated that in relation to the issue of non-Myanmar representatives, due to not seeing progress to the extent that other member countries feel that political representatives should join, we continue to invite non-political representatives from Myanmar. . Because we invited the non-political level, he also decided not to send anyone to the meeting.