In this photo released by ASEAN via Australian Government, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and his wife Pich Chanmony arrive in Melbourne for the ASEAN Special Summit, Saturday, March 2, 2024. The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit that starts in Melbourne on Monday, March 4, marks 50 years since Australia became the first official partner of the Asian bloc. (Andrew Taylor, ASEAN/Australian Government via AP, File)
Demonstrators hold placards protesting outside the ASEAN Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, March 4, 2024.The small group of members of the Myanmar community held a protest urging ASEAN not to support Myanmar's government. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)
FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, arrives to attend the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australia Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. An increasingly assertive China and a humanitarian crisis in Myanmar are likely to be high on the agenda when Southeast Asian leaders meet in Australia for a rare summit this week. (Bay Ismoyo/Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - From left to right, Philippine's President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, head of Thailand's delegation Sarun Charoensuwan, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, and East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao hold hands as they pose for a family photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australia Summit, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. The ASEAN-Australia Special Summit that starts in Melbourne on Monday, March 4, 2024, marks 50 years since Australia became the first official partner of the Asian bloc. (Willy Kurniawan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
In this photo released by ASEAN via the Australian Government, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, right, welcomes the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique A Manalo to a forum on maritime cooperation at the ASEAN Special Summit, in Melbourne, Monday, March 04, 2024. (Wayne Taylor, ASEAN/Australian Government via AP)
In this photo released by ASEAN via the Australian Government, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique A Manalo addresses a forum on maritime cooperation at the ASEAN Special Summit, in Melbourne, Monday, March 04, 2024. (Wayne Taylor, ASEAN/Australian Government via AP)
A demonstrator stands on a placard during a protest outside the ASEAN Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, March 4, 2024.The small group of members of the Myanmar community held a protest urging ASEAN not to support Myanmar's government. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)
Demonstrators hold placards protesting outside the ASEAN Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, March 4, 2024.The small group of members of the Myanmar community held a protest urging ASEAN not to support Myanmar's government. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)