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Turnbull invites ASEAN countries to summit in Australia

Malcolm Turnbull listens to Mayanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
Malcolm Turnbull listens to Mayanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi Source: AAP

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has invited South-East Asian leaders to a special summit in Australia to help resolve regional issues including the South China Sea dispute. Mr Turnbull has issued the invitation for 2018 during a special address at the ASEAN summit in Laos. Among the summit's key developments was a brief encounter between United States president Barack Obama and the Philippine president who had called him a "son of a whore."


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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has invited South-East Asian leaders to a special summit in Australia to help resolve regional issues including the South China Sea dispute. Mr Turnbull has issued the invitation for 2018 during a special address at the ASEAN summit in Laos. Among the summit's key developments was a brief encounter between United States president Barack Obama and the Philippine president who had called him a "son of a whore."



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