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Bangkok - US President Barack Obama plans to invite the 10 leaders of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to Washington next year to further strengthen ties with the region, media reports said Sunday. "Kurt Campbell, the assistant state secretary for East Asia and Pacific, revealed during an informal talk with international participants attending a conference in Washington on Burma (Myanmar) last week that Obama would make an official (invitation) announcement during the upcoming ASEAN-US summit in Singapore," The Nation newspaper reported.
Campbell is scheduled to visit Myanmar this week to discuss Washington's "re-engagement" policy with the pariah state, a member of ASEAN since 1997.
Obama will meet with seven of the ASEAN leaders in Singapore on November 15 after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
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