Myanmar supports ASEAN peace vision

Myanmar supports ASEAN peace vision

YANGON (AFP): Myanmar declared yesterday it was firmly behind the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) vision of regional peace and stability, hailing the recent informal summit in Kuala Lumpur a major success.

Myanmar state newspapers hailed the summit -- the first attended by Yangon since its controversial entry into the grouping in July -- as "one of the most significant events in ASEAN's 30-year history".

It had ended with a "resounding crescendo on the note 'One ASEAN, One Vision,'" an editorial in the New Light of Myanmar said, referring to the ASEAN Vision 2020 document adopted by the summit.

Western nations have advocated isolation of Yangon's military junta because of its human rights record, while ASEAN has adopted a strategy of promoting ties to promote trade and political reform.