Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Indonesia will continue to prioritise Asean unity and centrality in the region while promoting greater support and respect for the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), said Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono.

STORY: Over 200 Rohingya arrived by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Sunday (January 5) evening.That’s according to an official on Monday (January 6).This adds to the growing number of Rohingya people coming to the country by sea.

More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats, officials said Monday.

The mainly Muslim Rohingya, who are originally from Myanmar and constitute the world’s largest stateless population, often escape poor conditions in refugee camps on rickety boats to Thailand or Muslim-majority Indonesia and Malaysia between October and April,

Over 260 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, have arrived in Indonesia's easternmost province of Aceh, local media reported on Monday. Some 264 Rohingya refugees in two boats which were stranded in the sea, arrived in East Aceh, according to Aceh Online.

Indonesia will continue to prioritise ASEAN unity and centrality in the region while promoting greater support and respect for the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC), said Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono.

Michael Martin is an adjunct fellow at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He served as a specialist policy adviser on Myanmar, China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam for two decades. His work included a 15-year tenure as a political and economic analyst with the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress.

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