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Asean leaders step up warnings to Myanmar

Asean leaders leave the stage during the opening ceremony of their summit in Phnom Penh on Friday. From left: Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah. (AFP Photo)

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian leaders on Friday issued a “warning” to Myanmar to make measurable progress on a peace plan or risk being barred from more Asean meetings besides its annual summit.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations said that after “little progress” on the five-point peace consensus agreed jointly last year, leaders concluded a need for “concrete, practical and measurable indicators with a specific timeline”.

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