Inp.polri.go.id - Labuan Bajo. Indonesia reiterates the cessation of violence in Myanmar. According to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), the current situation in the country does not make any party win but only makes the people become victims.

"The people who will become victims because of this condition will not win anyone. I invite you, let us sit together, create a space for dialogue to find solutions together," said President Jokowi in a press conference at the Meruorah Hotel, West Manggarai Regency, Nusa Tenggara Province. East, Monday (8/5/23).

President Jokowi emphasized that Indonesia's chairmanship in ASEAN this year will continue to push for the implementation of the five-point agreement or "Five-Point Consensus". One of the points in the agreement is related to humanitarian assistance.

Jokowi explained, various efforts had been made by Indonesia and with its chairmanship in ASEAN, was able to facilitate The ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre).

After a long delay due to access problems, the President said the joint needs assessment was able to be completed.

"This is the problem with access. Yesterday, the AHA Center accompanied by an ASEAN monitoring team was going to hand over humanitarian aid, but it's a shame that in the middle of the trip, there was a shootout," said Joko Widodo.

Previously, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno Marsudi, had also explained that there were two phases of humanitarian assistance for Myanmar. The first stage is related to life-saving, which has been completed because it is related to assistance in handling COVID-19, and the second stage is related to life-sustaining.

"This second phase had experienced obstacles due to the lack of access to the AHA Center to reach people in need, especially in areas outside the control of the Myanmar military," said the Foreign Minister.

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