2026 ASEAN Summits

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The 2026 ASEAN Summits are two series of diplomatic conferences centering on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which are held in the Philippines in 2026. It comprised the 48th ASEAN Summit held on 6–8 May in Cebu and the 49th ASEAN Summit scheduled for 16–18 November in Metro Manila. The Philippines hosted the summits as the ASEAN chair for 2026 after Myanmar, which was due for the chairmanship through ASEAN's alphabetical ordering, skipped due to the ongoing Myanmar civil war. The ASEAN chairmanship of the Philippines, led by its President Bongbong Marcos, saw ASEAN hold its first meeting with Myanmar since 2021, after the country was excluded for failing to implement the five-point consensus laid out by the association to resolve the conflict in the country. On 17–18 June, the Russia-ASEAN special summit in Kazan, Russia was attended by Southeast Asian heads of state. The summit centered on the ASEAN Power Grid, including the possibility of cooperation in civilian nuclear...

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