Myanmar junta chief excluded from summit: ASEAN

Myanmar's junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rises over the military government's commitment to plans on defusing a bloody crisis.

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at an emergency meeting late Friday agreed that Min Aung Hlaing will not be invited to the October 26-28 summit, current ASEAN chair Brunei said.

Myanmar's junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rises over the military government's commitment to plans on defusing a bloody crisis.

Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at an emergency meeting late Friday agreed that Min Aung Hlaing will not be invited to the October 26-28 summit, current ASEAN chair Brunei said.