Philippines to be 2026 ASEAN chair as no progress on Myanmar seen

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Tuesday for the Philippines to become the rotating chair of the regional body in 2026 instead of Myanmar, after assessing that the junta has made "no significant progress" in implementing a peace plan struck two years ago.The agreement was reached during a leaders' retreat, after the leaders found that implementation of the so-called five-point consensus has not made any headway, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told reporters.The consensus was reached between Myanmar and the other countries in the grouping in April 2021,…READ FULL ARTICLE