Fri, 09 Apr 2010
DPA
Hanoi - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung called Friday on Myanmar to ensure all parties can take part in its upcoming elections.
Dung was speaking as chair of the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), scheduled to close Friday in Hanoi.
The Myanmar elections "should be fair and democratic, with the participation of all parties," Dung said in response to a reporter's query.
The most controversial question at the summit was how to address member state Myanmar's poor human rights record and its manipulation of its elections process.
Myanmar's ruling military junta has promised to hold general elections this year, but laws introduced in March have effectively barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running.
Her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has boycotted the elections in response.
Dung's statement appeared to criticize these developments, though he did not specify whether "all parties" included Suu Kyi or the NLD.
The statement was striking coming from the head of a single-party Communist state that had earlier said Myanmar's elections would not be on the agenda at the summit.
Vietnam has cultivated close relations with Myanmar in recent months, and Dung paid an official visit to the country in early April.
The governments of Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia, however, have raised the issue of Myanmar elections at the summit.
On Wednesday, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Myanmar's restrictive election laws "may lead to problems among ASEAN leaders and the international community."
Dung's statement that the elections should include all parties seemed to reflect the consensus among ASEAN leaders rather than Vietnamese views.
He also said that during his visit to Myanmar he had "forwarded to the government and people of Myanmar ASEAN's message that we hope to see Myanmar effectively implement (its) road map for democracy, peace and national concord."
ASEAN membership consists of Brunei, Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Dung was speaking as chair of the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), scheduled to close Friday in Hanoi.
The Myanmar elections "should be fair and democratic, with the participation of all parties," Dung said in response to a reporter's query.
The most controversial question at the summit was how to address member state Myanmar's poor human rights record and its manipulation of its elections process.
Myanmar's ruling military junta has promised to hold general elections this year, but laws introduced in March have effectively barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running.
Her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), has boycotted the elections in response.
Dung's statement appeared to criticize these developments, though he did not specify whether "all parties" included Suu Kyi or the NLD.
The statement was striking coming from the head of a single-party Communist state that had earlier said Myanmar's elections would not be on the agenda at the summit.
Vietnam has cultivated close relations with Myanmar in recent months, and Dung paid an official visit to the country in early April.
The governments of Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia, however, have raised the issue of Myanmar elections at the summit.
On Wednesday, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said Myanmar's restrictive election laws "may lead to problems among ASEAN leaders and the international community."
Dung's statement that the elections should include all parties seemed to reflect the consensus among ASEAN leaders rather than Vietnamese views.
He also said that during his visit to Myanmar he had "forwarded to the government and people of Myanmar ASEAN's message that we hope to see Myanmar effectively implement (its) road map for democracy, peace and national concord."
ASEAN membership consists of Brunei, Myanmar, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
8 comments:
Viets and Khmer have helped each others for thousand of years until the white colonial and also onto the 21st century where viets have rescued khmer from Pol Pot regimes. Right now almost 50% are viets-khmer which made up of 14 millions. So, it is right to continue building good relationship with one another for the benefit of both nation to live in peace. Unlike Thai, they were always ready to attack us whenever we are weaken. They like to take advantage of the downfall of another nations. Their gov't never have mercy for no one accept greed. In 1980s Thai helped to kill Khmer by dumping them on the foot of the mountain full of mines and most of us gotten killed by them.
is this a jok right? call for fair and democratic from a communist country? maybe MR Nguyen Tan Dung spoke from his azz.
Bustard Viet are too clever, thick face nation try to show world that they are good poeple, democratic my ass.
Sea water level is raising higher and higher and will wash away this bustard Yuon to feed the sharks.
Dead to Ah Yuon.
Youn tricks remember that folks
2:21PM, "Viet and Khmer helped each other for thousands years" (Sic!!) Did you study Khmer History? the lost of Khmer krom land and the continuous encroachment of khmer border by Viet is a living proof of Viet aggressive behaviors and their expanionist policy.
How many party do you Viet Dung have?
To fabricated,fake and lies to the world, it show how savages you people are.
How long do you Viet think you can fools the world?
Bad Karma will hits you back a hundred times more than you do to the others.
RISE UP OR STAND UP FOR YOUR SELF CAMBODIAN. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET OUT FROM YOUR DICTATORSHIP LIKE HUN SEN. WHY DON'T YOU USE YOUR PEOPLE POWER TO REMOVE THE HUN SEN REGIME OUT OF POWER. TRY TO GET A FEW MILLIONS KHMER TO RISE UP AND GO TO HIS HOUSE DEMANDING HIM TO STEP DOWN. DON'T YOU SEE WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THAILAND DID RIGHT NOW. OPEN YOUR EYES. IF YOU WANT A GOOD FUTURE AND A GOOD LEADERSHIP IN CAMBODIA YOU MUST CALL MILLIONS OF CAMBODIAN TO STAND UP RIGHT NOW. WAKE UP KHMERS INSIDE.
of course, we don't buy viet/youn lip service like during the dark ages anymore, ok! only seeing result is believing for khmer people.
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