“Changes in recent weeks in the situation of Aung San Suu Kyi became the first significant success of the diplomacy of the countries of the ASEAN, and, above all, Thailand, on the long path of resolving the internal conflict in Myanmar", Thai political scientist, politician and media observer Nitiphumthanat Ming-Ruchiralai told Sputnik.
“If we proceed from reality, and not from the wishes of the Myanmar opposition and the West, and understand the logic of the actions of the Myanmar military, then we see something completely different. After more than two years of the absence of any progress in fulfilling the requirements of the Five-Point ASEAN Consensus on the settlement of the conflict in Myanmar, a real breakthrough has occurred in this matter, because one of the main requirements of the consensus is the creation of conditions for peaceful negotiations of all parties to the conflict. From Aung San Suu Kyi, with her absolute authority in the ranks of the opposition, in this matter a lot depends", he stated.