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ASEAN keeps Myanmar's junta leader out of the Manila summit

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Announced the summit exclusion on November 11

Myanmar's top general has been shut out of ASEAN's leaders' summit since 2021. On November 11, the Philippines confirmed the ban still holds for the 49th summit in Manila, and that Myanmar will send a mid-level civil servant instead of its coup leader, Min Aung Hlaing.

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