Asean Leaders Agree Myanmar Will Chair Grouping in 2014
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Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed that Myanmar will chair the group in 2014, a move they say will provide further momentum for reform in the former military dictatorship.
“All leaders are in agreement that significant developments have taken place in Myanmar and those changes have made it more conducive for Myanmar to carry this responsibility,” Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told reporters in Bali today. “We are trying to ensure that the process of change continues, the momentum is maintained.”