Myanmar has been in chaos since a putsch in February last year and the death toll from the military’s brutal crackdown on dissent has passed 2,100.

Years of rising tensions between the US and China have alarmed regional neighbors.

The summit marked the first time ASEAN leaders gathered as a group in Washington and their first meeting hosted by a US president since 2016.

After flying for 24 hours from Jakarta via Amsterdam in the Netherlands, a Garuda Indonesia aircraft landed at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

The move was made to promote the tourism sector and in consideration of the decline of Covid-19 infections in the country.