CNI News
18 June 2025
he UN and the international community, including ASEAN, do not fully understand Myanmar's politics, Dr. Aye Maung, chairman of the Arakan Front Party (AFP), told CNI News.
Although ASEAN and the United Nations have appointed special envoys on Myanmar to resolve the political crisis in Myanmar, they do not seem to have a thorough understanding of Myanmar politics, pointed out local political parties.
Dr. Aye Maung, chairman of the Arakan National Front (AFP), told CNI News that neighboring countries can understand Myanmar's politics better than ASEAN, the UN, and Western countries.
“ ASEAN, the UN, some of the major powers and theirdominated countries do not seem to thoroughly understand the politics of Myanmar. Julie Bishop herself does not seem to know it. ASEAN itself doesn't seem to understand it very well. Neighboring countries understand Myanmar politics better. Their interests are intertwined with our own interests. After Myawaddy Battle, Thailand believed that it must be involved in the Myanmar politics. It's related to its interests. Development can't be achieved. In the same way, India and China believe like Thailand. Neighboring countries that are adjacent to Myanmar have already had solutions how to overcome the crisis. But ASEAN don't seem to know it very well. Australia is more far from to know it. There are still the UN envoys on Myanmar. But they all don't seem to know Myanmar politics inside out." he said.
While seeing the SAC Chairman and Lao FM, former ASEAN Special Envoy
Currently, ASEAN has appointed the Malaysian Foreign Minister as the Special Envoy on Myanmar and the UN has appointed Australian Julie Bishop as the Special Envoy on Myanmar to handle the issue.
National Democratic Force (NDF) Vice Chairman U Htet Aung Kyaw told CNI News that the outside world does not have a clear understanding of Myanmar's internal affairs and has misunderstood them.
"I accept that the outside world does not know the internal situation of Myanmar. The Myanmar media abroad has incorrectly shaped the internal affairs of this country. The government itself cannot counter these media regarding what is happening in its own country. Some of the responce from this side are not very effective." he said.
Then, U Htet Aung Kyaw said that rather than making foreign countries understand Myanmar's politics, they were trying to help the local people understand it correctly.
While Mr. Pratsokhorn was meeting with political parties on July 2, 2022
Currently, there are widespread armed conflicts occurring across the country in Myanmar, with more than 3 million people displaced by the fighting.
Then, after the Committee of Representatives of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH) enacted a law to take action against those who do not implement CDM, the killings of education and government employees are once again emerging.
Similarly, the Myanmar military has enacted a military service law, resulting in recruitment of soldiers, at the same time there are recruitments of soldiers by armed groups, causing local youth to leave for foreign countries and resulting in a loss of human resources and a shortage of workers in the workplace.
