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Philippines Urges Dialogue for Myanmar's Stalled Peace Plan

1/22/2026

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The Philippines, as the 2026 ASEAN Chair, hosted a stakeholders' meeting for Myanmar's political and ethnic groups to advance a stalled peace plan.
Ma. Theresa Lazaro, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary, urged constructive dialogue on the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus to address Myanmar following the 2021 coup.
Despite some humanitarian improvements, the peace plan has largely failed, with ongoing violence and the military's refusal to engage.
ASEAN has not sent observers.

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The Philippines, as the 2026 ASEAN Chair, hosted a stakeholders' meeting for Myanmar's political and ethnic groups to advance a stalled peace plan.
Ma. Theresa Lazaro, Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary, urged constructive dialogue on the ASEAN Five-Point Consensus to address Myanmar following the 2021 coup.
Despite some humanitarian improvements, the peace plan has largely failed, with ongoing violence and the military's refusal to engage.
ASEAN has not sent observers.