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ASEAN summit in late February may be rescheduled: report
AFP - 2 hours 45 minutes ago
SINGAPORE (AFP) - - The delayed summit of Southeast Asian nations due late February in Thailand may be rescheduled as some leaders are unable to make it, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo said in remarks published on Sunday.
"I thought we had settled it in Jakarta a few days ago, but now I'm told that there are some leaders who can't make it," Yeo was quoted as saying in Singapore weekly The Sunday Times.
He did not mention the leaders who are not able to attend the February 24-26 summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Bangkok but said alternative dates being considered include late January or early February.
Thailand, which currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the 10-member bloc, said last week it will host the summit from February 24-26 at Government House.
The ASEAN meeting was delayed from mid-December amid political turmoil in Thailand, where crowds occupied the capital's airports in a protest against the ruling party loyal to ousted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
The protests ended when a court stripped Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat of his position and disbanded the pro-Thaksin People Power Party in a vote fraud case.
Thailand was forced to delay the ASEAN meeting until March because of the blockade of Bangkok's airports which left 350,000 travellers stranded.
The ASEAN summit will also involve the group's dialogue partners, including China, South Korea, Japan and India, as well as the United Nations secretary general and chiefs of other international organisations.
ASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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