Additional Asean observers won’t be outsiders, says Anwar
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today clarified Malaysia’s position on the deployment of additional observers to other nations under Asean’s Interim Observer Team (IOT), stressing that it was consistent with existing agreements.
He said while some locations such as Bangkok had a sufficient number of observers, others were short-staffed and required reinforcement.
“For example, we have 10 observers in Bangkok but only two in Phnom Penh. So we said the numbers need to be increased,” he told reporters here today.
Anwar said the additional observers would not be outsiders, but would come from Asean’s own resources – particularly defence attachés and embassy staff already based in the region – to strengthen the monitoring mission.
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