ASEAN

Asia’s youngest nation, East Timor (Timor-Leste), on Sunday formally joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), becoming its 11th member — a milestone nearly five decades in the making. The tiny nation of 1.4 million, one…
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Malaysia’s foreign minister on Saturday warned that Southeast Asia’s room for neutrality is “narrowing” amid intensifying big-power rivalry, as regional ministers gathered ahead of the ASEAN summit coinciding with U.S. President Donald…
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With the next round of annual global climate talks approaching, the European Union and China last month issued a joint declaration pledging to submit 2035 emissions targets, speed up green technology deployment, and uphold the Paris…
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Southeast Asian nations must accelerate regional economic integration, diversify their markets and stay united to tackle the fallout from global trade disruptions resulting from sweeping U.S. tariff hikes, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad…
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The conflict in military-ruled Myanmar has been a difficult issue for the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN to address, with little progress made toward a resolution and intensifying fighting, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos said. Speaking…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called ASEAN as the centre point of India’s Act East Policy, adding the region will play a key role in India’s Indo-Pacific initiative. “Our history and geography unite India and ASEAN. Along with…
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Cambodia’s foreign minister on Saturday said the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN had decided that Myanmar’s ruling generals would remain barred from any of its meetings until they show progress on a peace plan. Prak Sokhonn, a special…
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Foreign ministers of India and the ASEAN nations on Thursday agreed to work towards a “meaningful and substantive” comprehensive strategic partnership even as the two sides explored ways to navigate the implications of the developments in…
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India will host a special meeting with foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in New Delhi from June 16-17 to mark the 30th anniversary of relations with the 10-member grouping and discuss ways to boost…
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Diplomacy is not just about bridging positions through “wordsmithery”, foreign minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, as he spoke on regional cooperation while addressing an event in Guwahati. “It is equally about bridging societies with…
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