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Indonesian President Joko Widodo called for an end to the bloodshed in the military-ruled Myanmar and for Southeast Asian leaders to hold high-level meetings to try to find a way out of the crisis. Intensifying In the most harsh comments by regional leaders on the violent crackdown in Myanmar's protest against the coup d'état as president, it is best known that he would call Sultan Hassan. Brunei-Bolkiah, who is the current president of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and urged him to call an urgent meeting.


Indonesia calls for slotsanook immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar so that there are no more victims," ​​Jokowi said at a virtual address.The safety and welfare of the people must be a top priority. Indonesia also calls for negotiations that reconciliation will act promptly to restore democracy, restore peace and to restore stability in Myanmar.
Indonesia has led efforts among Myanmar's neighbors to find a way out of the crisis, which activists said more than 200 people were killed in protests across the country during the Feb. 1 coup.


Hundreds of protesters and the rest of Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted government have been arrested.The protests have paralyzed the country and the Western countries have voiced their displeasure and imposed sanctions on the use of the junta.Brunei's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Jokowi's request.Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi was a key driver in calling on ASEAN to hold a virtual meeting. This includes "informal" ambassadors who were appointed by the Burmese government on March 2,

but they failed to develop.The issue is complex for ASEAN, which has a non-intervention policy on the issues of 10 members, including authoritarian states and governments led by former generals.ASEAN has called for peace and dialogue. But not in the agreement on the solution. Until now, the strongest positions in Myanmar have been occupied by the Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia.