BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's embattled military government said it will send a senior Foreign Ministry official to next week's ASEAN summit in Laos, seeking to participate after a de facto ban on top-level representation as it pursues regional support.
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Aung Kyaw Moe, permanent secretary of Myanmar's Foreign Ministry, attended an ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting in July. © Reuters
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