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.