FILE - In this May 5, 2021, file photo, Brunei Second Minister of Foreign affairs Erywan Yusof poses for photographers ahead of a meeting on the sidelines of a G7
Myanmar's junta chief will be excluded from an upcoming ASEAN summit, the group said Saturday, a rare rebuke as concerns rise over the military government's commitment to defusing a bloody crisis.
Myanmar's junta chief will be replaced by a non-political representative at a summit of southeast Asian nations later this month. ASEAN has grown frustrated about the crackdown that followed February's military coup.
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