The meetings are chaired by Brunei, but will be held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. - AFP
BANGKOK (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Asean on Tuesday (Oct 26) convenes a leaders' summit clouded by Myanmar's political crisis after its unprecedented decision to bar junta chief Min Aung Hlang from the meeting.
South-East Asian foreign ministers, frustrated by the Myanmar regime's stonewalling of attempts to foster domestic dialogue, chose instead to invite a "non-political representative" from Myanmar after an emergency meeting on Oct 15.
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