Probably why Singapore was chosen... to keep the Chicoms out of the meeting..
What ever happened to the good old days when a dictator facing overthrow would take his millions and retire to an estate in the South of France or some other country? Baby Doc Duvalier, Idi Amin, Mengistu, Charles Taylor. Had that deal been offered to Khadaffy, Hussein and Assad, there may have been a lot less bloodshed.