Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

On 24 April the leaders of 10 ASEAN nations met in Jakarta to address the crisis in Myanmar and the impact of the coup by the regime. To bring that meeting together, not only in the context of COVID but also given the history of ASEAN, was a significant step for those leaders. To determine the development of the five points of consensus, which were brought together as a result of that meeting and the appointment, ultimately, of a special envoy in the person of the second foreign minister of Brunei, Darussalam Erywan, was also a very significant step. I acknowledge—as I have acknowledged publicly elsewhere—that the lack of goodwill which has been displayed by the regime in Myanmar in relation to that has not helped with ASEAN's efforts to advance their response and their engagement. But Australia strongly supports the work of ASEAN in this regard, the work of the special envoy, and all endeavours for that approach by ASEAN to progress.