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ASEAN to consider banning Myanmar from all meetings

Emma ConnorsSenior editor and writer

Nov 2, 2022 – 9.52pm

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Singapore | South-East Asian leaders will next week consider a proposal to ban the Myanmar junta from all ministerial-level meetings in a diplomatic slapdown that would have global repercussions.

The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is unlikely to agree to suspend Myanmar’s membership from the regional bloc at a leaders meeting in Phnom Penh next week, but a proposal from Malaysia to freeze out the junta could get over the line.

Emma Connors was South-east Asia correspondent from October 2019 until mid-2023, based in Jakarta and Singapore. She has previously edited Perspective and Opinion and has written extensively across the AFR and related titles.