The consensus ASEAN managed to achieve with Myanmar’s military head is the first positive step in easing the nation’s long-lasting crisis, experts said. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member state leaders reached a five-point consensus calling for an end to violence in Myanmar at ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting last Saturday. Dr Alistair Cook, Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme  at RSIS, said ASEAN showed its potential with the joint statement.