Albanese, South-East Asian leaders to tiptoe around China

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Mr Albanese will also hold bilateral meetings with nine of ASEAN’s 10 leaders, as well as East Timor’s Xanana Gusmao, whose country has observer status. New Zealand’s recently elected Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will also attend Tuesday night’s leaders’ dinner. Myanmar’s military leadership has been banned from attending ASEAN events since the 2021 coup overthrew the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi. However, its ambassador will attend the summit. Mr Albanese said the summit would take forward former Macquarie Group chief executive Nicholas Moore’s report that charted an economic strategy for Australia in South-East Asia, and was handed to the...