Myanmar crisis takes centre stage as Asean leaders get ready for annual summit this Friday (Nov 11)


Security personnel uses a bomb sniffer dog (right) during an inspection tour of a hotel as part of security measures for the upcoming Asean summit in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, November 7, 2022. - AFP

KUALA LUMPUR/YANGON, Nov 8 (Bernama): All eyes will turn to the South-East Asian region starting Friday (Nov 11) as leaders from the Association of South-Eeast Asian Nations (Asean) convene for the 40th and 41st Asean Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The three day summit will be the first face-to-face Asean Summits to be held due Covid-19 pandemic over the past two years.

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