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ASEAN Unity Faces Strain
ASEAN foreign ministers began meetings in Manila on Saturday amid efforts to coordinate a response to rising energy costs, security tensions and the approaching El Niño, ahead of the bloc’s summit scheduled for November 15–17. The talks cover the fallout from the conflict in the Middle East, as well as the crises in Myanmar and the South China Sea. The Philippines said negotiations with China on a South China Sea code of conduct had made about 70 percent of the overall progress. Leaders are also discussing implementation of the five-point consensus on Myanmar, where turmoil since the 2021 coup has killed around 100,000 people and displaced more than 3.5 million, according to UN estimates.
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