Sign In / Register
Make This My Home Page | Feedback |RSS
You are here: IE »   Story

‘Myanmar regime change could create another Iraq’

  • Print
  • Mail This Article
  • Comments
  • Add to favorites
  • Pushing through a sudden regime change in Myanmar could “create another Iraq” leaving the country engulfed in violence, the head of the ASEAN group of Southeast Asian nations warned on Monday. Ong Keng Yong said regime change would have dire regional implications and that the best outcome was to thrash out a consensus between the military and the political opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi. Ong, who is secretary general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which includes Myanmar, said sudden change was not a realistic solution. “Whether you are in ASEAN or not, if you sit back and understand the constitution and make-up of Myanmar and you say you want to have a regime change, you are going to create another Iraq,” he said.

    Comments
    Post comment

    Be the first to comment.

    Post a Comment
    Name:
    Email:
    Title:
    Maximum characters allowed     
    Comment:
    TERMS OF USE:
    The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
    I agree to the terms of use.