Asean Summit: What they say on Burma

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. :We believe that we should continue to promote the good offices done by the United Nations and rely on the efforts of the people of Burma so that the process toward national reconciliation can be restored and the country can realize peace, stability and development,»

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Sunday rejected the imposition of sanctions against the military government in Myanmar, saying they hurt the civilian population but not the generals. "Economic sanctions are not good and would not make the leaders of Myanmar die," Mr Hun Sen told a business forum in Singapore on the eve of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit. "It is more of a disaster for the civilians. So one should not play the game of sanctions,"

The Regional Human Rights group Alternative ASEAN Network ,Coordinator Debbie Storthard told the BBC that ASEAN should not allow the junta to use its roadmap as smokescreen and justification to wreak havoc.

Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer “It is now time for ASEAN to back its words with actions” The US Senate on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Southeast Asian leaders to suspend Myanmar at the summit as punishment over its bloody September crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

Asean Secretary -General Ong Keng Yong defended ASEAN's stance of favouring engagement with the ageing generals who run Myanmar, and said that if threatened with expulsion, they would "just walk away".

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an interview with CNBC Asia ahead of the ASEAN summit Nobody in Asia supports sanctions against Myanmar..