Senior officials from the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met on January 27 in Malaysia’s Kota Kinabalu city.
The officials discussed the Agenda for ASEAN Community Building initiated during the association’s 25th Summit, including the reinforcement of the ASEAN Secretariat and the consideration of Timor Leste’s application to join the bloc.
The ASEAN Secretariat also delivered a report from a meeting regarding Serbia, Iran and Morocco’s proposal to join the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) with the ASEAN.
During the meeting, the officials discussed the post-2015 vision, reviewed some regulations of the East Asia Summit, and decided contents to be discussed at the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Retreat on January 28.
External relations of the bloc were also focused on, including the outcomes of the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Summit in December 2014 and proposed plans for an ASEAN-Russia Summit in Moscow in 2015 or 2016. Participants also heard a report from the Philippines on preparations for the 27th ASEAN-Australia forum the nation will host in March.
Officials touched upon other issues such as scheduling operation programmes for the bloc in 2015, the organisation of the 6th ASEAN Maritime Forum and the 4th Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum in 2015, the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Trans-border Crimes, and a ministerial meeting on the increase of violence and radicalism.
The 4th ASEAN Coordination Council Working Group is scheduled to take place in the afternoon of January 27, discussing the association’s post-2015 vision.-VNA
The officials discussed the Agenda for ASEAN Community Building initiated during the association’s 25th Summit, including the reinforcement of the ASEAN Secretariat and the consideration of Timor Leste’s application to join the bloc.
The ASEAN Secretariat also delivered a report from a meeting regarding Serbia, Iran and Morocco’s proposal to join the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) with the ASEAN.
During the meeting, the officials discussed the post-2015 vision, reviewed some regulations of the East Asia Summit, and decided contents to be discussed at the ASEAN Foreign Ministerial Retreat on January 28.
External relations of the bloc were also focused on, including the outcomes of the ASEAN-Republic of Korea Summit in December 2014 and proposed plans for an ASEAN-Russia Summit in Moscow in 2015 or 2016. Participants also heard a report from the Philippines on preparations for the 27th ASEAN-Australia forum the nation will host in March.
Officials touched upon other issues such as scheduling operation programmes for the bloc in 2015, the organisation of the 6th ASEAN Maritime Forum and the 4th Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum in 2015, the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Trans-border Crimes, and a ministerial meeting on the increase of violence and radicalism.
The 4th ASEAN Coordination Council Working Group is scheduled to take place in the afternoon of January 27, discussing the association’s post-2015 vision.-VNA
