Myanmar to send representative to ASEAN summit amid civil war struggles, as regional leaders aim to address crisis.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. departed for Vientiane, Laos on Tuesday afternoon to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, where he is expected to highlight the country’s position on key regional and global issues,

PM Narendra Modi will attend the India-Asean Summit in Laos on October 10-11. This visit marks 10 years of India's Act East Policy. The PM will stress India's support for freedom of navigation in the South China Sea and Asean centrality and unity.

Myanmar will send a representative to a regional summit this week for the first time in three years, a diplomatic source told AFP Tuesday, as the ruling junta struggles to quell a civil war. The conflict will be high on the agenda as leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meet in Laos from Wednesday,

For the first time since the junta seized power three years ago, Myanmar will send a Foreign Ministry official to the summit. But that move has drawn criticism from some human rights groups, NGOs and opponents of the junta inside the country,