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Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama answers questio…
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama answers questions during a YSEALI town hall in Yangon, Burma. November 14, 2014.
ASEAN Naypyidaw 2014
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, President Barack Obama answers questions during a YSEALI town hall in Yangon, Burma. November 14, 2014.

ASEAN Naypyidaw 2014

Event TypeIntergovernmental Summit
November 12, 2014 - November 14, 2014
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an intergovernmental forum composed of independent member states from the Southeast Asia region. The objective of the forum is to promote economic growth, social progress, cultural development, and regional peace through security cooperation among its members. Although not a member of ASEAN, the United States participates as a “dialogue partner.”

President Obama attended the 2014 ASEAN Summit in Naypyidaw, Burma from November 12 to November 14, 2014. The President attended a US-ASEAN Leaders’ meeting and the East Asia Summit meeting.
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Additional information about President Obama’s trip to the ASEAN Summit hosted in Naypyidaw, Burma in November 2014 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "The President’s Trip to China, Burma and Australia"
Additional information about the US-ASEAN meeting during the ASEAN Summit hosted Naypyidaw, Burma in November 2014 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "FACT SHEET: 2nd ASEAN-U.S. Summit"
The text of remarks from a bilateral meeting during the ASEAN summit hosted in Naypyidaw, Burma in November 2014 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "Remarks by President Obama After Bilateral Meeting with President Thein Sein of Burma"
A blog post about President Obama’s trip to the ASEAN Summit hosted in Naypyidaw, Burma in November 2014 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "The President Wraps Up Trip in Burma, Heads to Australia"
The text of President Obama’s remarks at a town hall in Burma during the ASEAN summit in November 2014 can be read on the archived Obama White House website: "Remarks by President Obama at Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Town Hall, 11/14/14"
A behind-the-scenes video of the ASEAN summit hosted in Naypyidaw, Burma in November 2014 was posted on The Obama White House YouTube account: "On the Rhodes: An Update from Burma"  
A video of a bilateral meeting during the ASEAN summit hosted in Naypyidaw, Burma in November 2014 was posted on The Obama White House YouTube account: "President Obama Meets with the President of Burma"  
A video of President Obama delivering remarks at the ASEAN summit hosted in Naypyidaw, Burma in November 2014 was posted on The Obama White House YouTube account: "President Obama Addresses the U.S.-ASEAN Summit Meeting"  
A video of President Obama delivering remarks at a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) town hall during the ASEAN summit hosted in Naypyidaw, Burma in November 2014 was posted on The Obama White House YouTube account: "President Speaks at the YSEALI Town Hall"