2014: It’s ‘make or brake’ for Burma’s chair bid   
   

One day before the 18^th ASEAN summit began in Jakarta, the US sent an urgent message to Indonesia – the ASEAN chair – Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines simultaneously saying now was the time to push for real progress in Burma otherwise it would be difficult to envisage any US president attending the East Asia Summit there in 2014. The message was a reminder to ASEAN that reforms in Burma and the choice of the ASEAN chair would impact on the overall scheme of US-ASEAN relations, which have been strengthened further since Washington acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. (The Nation)

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