Phnom Penh (FN), Feb. 3 – Cambodia will not invite Myanmar's foreign minister to participate in the upcoming AMM Retreat to be hosted by Cambodia, according to Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“Since there has been little progress in carrying out the ASEAN’s 5-Point Consensus, the ASEAN member states did not reach a consensus to invite Myanmar SAC's foreign minister to participate in the upcoming AMM Retreat to be hosted by Cambodia. Therefore, we have asked Myanmar to send a non-political representative instead," Chum Sounry, spokesperson for Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, told Fresh News on Thursday (3 Feb).

“Meanwhile, we encourage Myanmar to be represented at the Retreat by a non-political level rather than leaving the seat empty. It is up to Myanmar to decide who that [non-political level] would be,” he added.

The AMM Retreat, to be hosted by Cambodia, is scheduled for the 16-17 February 2022.
=FRESH NEWS