Hun Sen as ASEAN chairman held a video call with military strongman Min Aung Hlaing and appealed to him to follow a five-point agreement to address the Myanmar conflict, Kao Kim Hourn, secretary of state at Cambodia's foreign ministry, told reporters.
"He asked HE Min Aung Hlaing to facilitate so that an ASEAN special envoy can visit in Myanmar for the first time in the future," Kao Kim Hourn said. Myanmar has been in crisis since the military overthrew an elected government nearly a year ago, with close to 1,500 civilians killed in the junta's crackdown on its opponents and troops in the countryside fighting on multiple fronts with pro-democracy militias and ethnic minority armies.Kao Kim Hourn did not say how Min Aung Hlaing responded to the proposals. A spokesman for Myanmar's military government did not answer a call seeking comment on Wednesday's discussion.
He expressed to Min Aung Hlaing his concern that hostilities had taken place since their meeting, Kao Kim Hourn said.
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