HEADLINE -43rd ASEAN SUMMIT | ASEAN bars Myanmar from 2026 chairmanship
President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo waits as other leaders take their spots for a photo session during the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Summit in Jakarta on Sept. 5, 2023.(Reuters/Dita Alangkara/Pool)
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Southeast Asian leaders approved a series of measures on Tuesday to further limit the Myanmar junta’s role in ASEAN, as part of a wider review of the regional bloc’s efforts to restore peace in the conflict-torn country.
Jakarta is hosting the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings this week, the culmination of Indonesia’s chairmanship of the organization this year, against the backdrop of persistent internal and external crises, most prominently the coup crisis in Myanmar.
The military overthrow of the democratically elected government in Naypyidaw more than two years ago has continued to be a sore point for ASEAN, eroding faith in the group’s ability to act in times of crisis.
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