JAKARTA/YANGON -- The decision not to invite Myanmar Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to this month's ASEAN summit, an unusual move for a bloc that prides itself on consensus, comes amid a diplomatic impasse that has frustrated others in the international community.
Myanmar Crisis
Consensus-based ASEAN tested by Myanmar army chief's exclusion
Diplomatic deadlock forced bloc to act as international pressure mounted
ASEAN foreign ministers held an unscheduled virtual meeting Friday to discuss Myanmar's representation at the bloc's upcoming summit.
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