For the first time in its history, there will be a Nobel Peace laureate and the world’s most famous political icon in the family of the Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM), which serves as the Asean annual meeting. Myanmar’s new Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi needs to know a few things about the organisation, with which she has had a dreadful relationship in the past.
Last Friday, she met with Asean diplomats to ensure the importance of Asean-Myanmar relations as a precursor to her numerous Asean-related meetings in the next four years. After all, each year, Asean holds nearly 1,000 meetings in its headquarters in Jakarta and in member capitals.
First of all, Suu Kyi must be humble. For her entire life since 1990 she has been at the centre of global attention and media headlines related to democratic development and inspiration in Myanmar and beyond. As a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, she has received worldwide recognition that no other Asean minister has ever attained. (Courtesy of The Nation)
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