VITAL REGIONAL MEET
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (center left) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) arrive for the opening ceremony of the 25th Asean summit at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (center left) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) arrive for the opening ceremony of the 25th Asean summit at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: Myanmar welcomes its biggest gathering of global leaders on Wednesday since the start of reforms, which have seen it shed pariah status despite deepening worries over the direction of its transition from decades of junta rule.