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Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar strife risks derailing stalled ASEAN peace agreement

Momentum builds for dialogue, but ongoing conflict complicates resolution

ASEAN leaders meet in Jakarta in 2021 to discuss a peace plan for Myanmar following the military takeover. (Indonesian Presidential Palace via AP)

BANGKOK/YANGON -- More than three years since the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Myanmar's military reached a five-point peace agreement, a lasing peace looks increasingly distant amid the intensifying conflict.

The five-point consensus announced on April 24, 2021, shortly after the Myanmar military's takeover of the government, calls for the immediate halting of violence by all parties and the start of constructive dialogue.

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