Indonesia can be an honest peace broker in Myanmar crisis – Thu, January 5 2023

Middle power Indonesia may now have earned the trust of the international community as a “neutral” peace mediator for its successful management of the Group of 20, in which leaders unanimously condemned Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine without appearing to take sides in the conflict.

However, the real test for the Southeast Asian giant’s ability to handle a conflict lies ahead in its very own backyard as Indonesia chairs ASEAN this year.

All eyes are now on Indonesia to take real actions to solve the Myanmar crisis during its presidency of the bloc after this year’s chair Cambodia hardly made any meaningful progress on the cause.