Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has triggered an Asean reset on Myanmar and must now lead the charge for a new regional approach to be adopted at the upcoming Asean Summit in Kuala Lumpur, former foreign minister Saifuddin Abdullah and three UN experts on Myanmar opined.

In a joint statement today, Saifuddin, along with Marzuki Darusman, Yanghee Lee and, Chris Sidoti, proposed that this initiative take the form of a new five-point consensus on Myanmar.

They noted that since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s junta led by Min Aung Hlaing has...