NUG urges ASEAN to engage with resistance forces for effective humanitarian aid in Myanmar

Photo: U Kyaw Zaw, spokesman for the National Unity Government (NUG) presidential office, acknowledged ASEAN’s efforts in providing humanitarian assistance, but said that effective assistance would not be possible if it were to cooperate with the military council alone, U Kyaw Zaw said at a press conference for the public and the international community on May 27.

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The National Unity Government (NUG) has acknowledged ASEAN’s ongoing humanitarian aid efforts in Myanmar but stressed that effective delivery cannot be achieved if assistance is coordinated solely with the military junta.

During a public news message addressed to both domestic and international audiences, U Kyaw Zaw, spokesperson for the NUG presidential office, said that humanitarian supplies sent by ASEAN’s AHA Centre (ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management) have failed to reach civilians living in NUG-controlled areas.