Myanmar CrisisMyanmar military chief to be excluded from ASEAN summit
Foreign ministers see 'insufficient progress' in Naypyidaw, bloc's chair says
The commander-in-chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, a conference on international security in Moscow in June. © Reuters
KENTARO IWAMOTO, Nikkei staff writer
October 16, 2021 02:21 JST
Updated on October 16, 2021 17:16 JST
SINGAPORE -- Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday agreed to not invite Myanmar's military chief to a leaders summit this month because of slow progress on restoring peace in the country, according to multiple diplomatic sources.