INDONESIA SEEKS CLOSER ECONOMIC TIES WITH MYANMAR by Fardah

    Jakarta, April 21, 2013 (Antara) - As fellow member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia has always maintained good relations with Myanmar and strongly supported the democratization process in the country formerly called Burma.

         Indonesia has lately intensified efforts to boost economic ties with Myanmar which has offered significant trade and investment opportunities as the Nay Pyi Taw administration has been moving towards democracy.

NGOs PUSH MYANMAR TO REMAIN ON PATH TOWARDS DEMOCRACY by Fardah

      Jakarta, Feb 22, 2012 (ANTARA) - Myanmar has been entrusted by its fellow members in ASEAN to become the next ASEAN Chair in 2014 because the country had demonstrated some progress towards democracy.
       "Every ASEAN member state supports Myanmar`s chairmanship bid," Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said prior to the 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali, November 2011.

ASEAN READY TO ACCEPT MYANMAR'S ASEAN CHAIRMANSHIP IN 2014 by Fardah

      Nusa Dua, Bali, Nov 17, 2011 (ANTARA) - After a regional controversy regarding Myanmar`s bid for the ASEAN chairmanship in 2014, the ASEAN leaders at their 19th ASEAN Summit in Bali on Thursday (Nov 17) finally decided to allow the military-backed Myanmar government to lead the regional grouping three years from now.
      Myanmar was initially scheduled to hold the rotating ASEAN Chairmanship in 2006 but it was forced to forgo the position due to human rights problems.