Myanmar will claim Asean's rotating chairmanship next year, which means it will organize and host meetings of diplomats working to achieve the bloc's goals to create a single market and ensure stable politics in the region.

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Egyptian officials have been keen to note that Mr Morsi would stay only for the few hours needed formally to pass the rotating chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement on from Egypt to Iran: a summit meeting, held every three years, was declared open on August 30th.

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