Joint Press Release: Cambodian Prime Minister 2-day Working Visit to Myanmar

At the invitation of Chairman of the State Administration Council and Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Prime Minister of Cambodia Samdech Hun Sen, led a high-level delegation to pay a working visit to Myanmar on 7 and 8 January.

The Cambodian Prime Minister had a bilateral meeting with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during which both sides discussed a number of bilateral and regional issues of common interest and concerns. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing informed that Myanmar Government had declared a five-month ceasefire with all Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOS) until the end of February 2022 and decided to further extend it until the end of 2022.

The Senior General also called on all parties concerned to accept the ceasefire in the interest of the country and people, end all acts of violence and exercise utmost restraint, a move the Cambodian Prime Minister strongly supported with the view to deescalating tension and enable constructive dialogues among relevant stakeholders to achieve enduring peace and national development.

To strengthen the efficiency of the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the people of Myanmar, especially to the people who are most in need of help, the two Leaders supported the convening of a meeting among stakeholders such as the special envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, the Secretary-General of ASEAN, the representative of the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Management Centre, and the Myanmar National Task Force to Facilitate Provision of Humanitarian Assistance through the AHA Centre, the Myanmar Red Cross Society and the relevant United Nations Specialized Agencies.

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing congratulated Cambodia for assuming the ASEAN Chairmanship 2022 and welcomed the appointment of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn as special envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar and pledged support to the latter in fulfilling his mandate to implement the five-point consensus in accordance with the ASEAN Charter.

He also emphasized that implementation of the five-point consensus should be complementary in realization of the five-point roadmap of the State Administration Council. The Cambodian Prime Minister shared Cambodia's Win-Win Policy success in achieving national reconciliation, lasting peace, stability, development and prosperity.

He also stressed that based on the experiences and lessons learned from Cambodia's peace process, complete peace and national reconciliation cannot be achieved without participation and agreement from all parties involved. In the same spirit, the Senior General has assured the facilitation of the visit of the special envoy to Myanmar and to meet with all parties concerned including EAOs taking into account of the prevailing situation in Myanmar.

The two sides also exchanged views on bilateral cooperation to further enhance the existing friendly relations between the two peoples, particularly in the context of global health crisis.

The Senior General expressed his deep appreciation to the Government and people of Cambodia for the additional donations to assist Myanmar in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was concluded in an atmosphere of mutual understanding and in a frank and candid manner.