Myanmar has voiced full support for establishing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Community in line with the motto "Our People, Our Future Together" set for commemorating this year's ASEAN Day on Thursday.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein said on Thursday that his country will be taking a leadership role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2014 in gaining the momentum of ASEAN achievements, fulfilling the 2015 ASEAN Community targets and laying down the ASEAN Vision beyond 2015.
Further cooperation between ASEAN member nations and with dialogue partners are necessary in combating trans-national crimes involving drug and human trafficking, terrorism and high technologies for the sake of peace, stability and development in the region.
Senior trade and economic officials from Australia, New Zealand and the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet in Australia next week to discuss closer economic integration, New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser announced Friday.
A Thai diplomat based in Hong Kong urged the countries involving the South China Sea territorial disputes to look into the big picture of the all-important ASEAN-China relations in an interview with the APD.
After years of cultivation, ASEAN is now one of the most highlighted emerging markets in the world. Charles Li, Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong, told the Asia Pacific Daily that ever since the transformation from a political unity to an economic organization, ASEAN's economy has been flying high, thanks to its close relationship with China and the developed world.
Malaysian Election Commission (EC) have invited observers from ASEAN countries to monitor the country's 13th general election on May 5, an EC official said Wednesday.
Geographically, Hong Kong is in the vicinity of south eastern Asia, and has been the gateway for tourists and commodities into the Chinese mainland over the past 170 years. It is the bridging role of Hong Kong between the Chinese mainland and the rest of the world that makes it one of the world’s leading trade hub. With China’s participation into ASEAN+3 dialogue, Hong Kong’s position as the “pivot” for the chunk of countries becomes more crucial.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will not attend the upcoming ASEAN summit this week in Brunei, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Economic concerns are set to top the 22nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN) summit agenda hosted by Brunei, officials said here on Monday.
ASEAN foreign affairs and trade ministers on Thursday held meetings and discussed, among others, the progress made since the 21st ASEAN Summit, including political and security cooperation.
Senior defense officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and eight other countries discussed regional security and cooperation in unconventional security here on Thursday.
The complicated issue in the South China Sea remains a challenge in the process of building the ASEAN community, ASEAN's new Secretary General Le Luong Minh said here Wednesday.
Thailand and Myanmar have reached an agreement on developing the Dawei mega project in a sideline meeting of the ASEAN Summit in the Cambodian capital, according to the Thai Foreign Ministry.
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