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Myanmar's Military Chief Not Invited to Upcoming ASEAN Summit

16 Oct 2021 09:59

Islam Times - Myanmar's military chief Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing is not invited to an upcoming summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the organization's current chair Brunei said on Saturday.

Instead, a non-political representative from Myanmar will be invited to the gathering in late October.

Brunei added the decision was made after no consensus was reached during a bloc meeting on Friday for a Myanmar political representative to attend the summit.

The exclusion of Myanmar's army chief from the meeting is due to the failure of the country's ruling military to adhere to a peace roadmap it had agreed to with ASEAN, Reuters reported, citing sources.

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