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ASEAN Bars Myanmar, Pushes Oil-Sharing Amid Energy Crisis

7/24/2026

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Lazaro Bars Myanmar

Philippines foreign minister Maria Theresa Lazaro said Myanmar's participation in top ASEAN meetings remains far off on July 23, 2026.
Lazaro will lead a 2026 mission but may not meet detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
ASEAN will set benchmarks for the Five-Point Consensus roadmap, with missed benchmarks deemed non-compliance.
Myanmar’s pro-military parliament rejected the Five-Point Consensus as interference after ASEAN barred the junta’s leaders for not implementing the roadmap.

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Rubio urges peace

U.S. Secretary Marco Rubio arrived in Manila, meeting Foreign Ministers Wang Yi and Sergey Lavrov.
They urged an end to the Iran-U.S. clash and safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz, which moves 20 % of world oil.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a national energy emergency in March, prompting oil imports from Russia.
ASEAN promoted the Framework Agreement on Petroleum Security, a fuel-sharing scheme to boost regional oil-supply resilience.

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Historical Context

Founded in 1967, ASEAN now includes 11 members and over 680 million people. Its consensus-based, non-interference principle has been strained by the Myanmar crisis that erupted in 2017, prompting recent talks by the Philippine foreign minister and a U.S. official. The bloc’s historic shift toward annual summits after 2001 aims to coordinate regional security and energy responses.

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Lazaro Bars Myanmar

Philippines foreign minister Maria Theresa Lazaro said Myanmar's participation in top ASEAN meetings remains far off on July 23, 2026.
Lazaro will lead a 2026 mission but may not meet detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
ASEAN will set benchmarks for the Five-Point Consensus roadmap, with missed benchmarks deemed non-compliance.
Myanmar’s pro-military parliament rejected the Five-Point Consensus as interference after ASEAN barred the junta’s leaders for not implementing the roadmap.

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