The National Unity Government (NUG) foreign minister has criticized the attitude of the ASEAN chair for being biased towards the Myanmar military junta.

NUG Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung said she was responding to the comment made by the Cambodian government in which they inferred they would not do what the Myanmar junta does not like.

In an interview with RFA, NUG Foreign Minister Zin Mar Aung criticized Cambodia for its role in the current ASEAN chairmanship.

She said that Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sakhonn and ASEAN envoy said he would only follow what the Myanmar junta gave the green light to.

“So, we have to question the principle of the country that takes the ASEAN chairmanship,” said Zin Mar Aung.

Zin Mar Aung pointed out that the Myanmar issue needs to be resolved impartially and the ASEAN chair should abide by the ASEAN consensus.

'When resolving the Myanmar issue, we should go to the Solution Base, and the ASEAN consensus should be strictly adhered to by ASEAN itself, especially the country which takes the chair. Doing nothing that the junta does not like is a question of ASEAN chairmanship,' said Minister Zin Mar Aung.

The Myanmar issue was also discussed at the US-ASEAN Summit in Washington DC this week. Zin Mar Aung said she welcomed the stand of other ASEAN countries on the Myanmar issue, especially Malaysia.

The current chair of ASEAN is Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sakhonn holds the position of the special envoy to Myanmar.