Myanmar's President Thein Sein arrives at the Union Parliament in Naypyitaw in this file photo dated January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
BANGKOK/YANGON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Barack Obama hosts a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders in California this week, his Myanmar counterpart Thein Sein will be notably absent.
Myanmar's outgoing president abruptly pulled out of the summit as secretive talks continued between his country's powerful military and the incoming government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
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