ASEAN’s greater influence affirmed

A Malaysian senior official asserted the centre role played by ASEAN and its greater influence during a banquet for the bloc’s foreign and economic ministers in Kuala Lumpur, on April 25.
ASEAN’s greater influence affirmed ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (second, left) attends the banquet (Photo: VNA)

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin of Malaysia, which holds the2015 ASEAN Chair, asserted the centre role played by ASEAN and itsgreater influence during a banquet for the bloc’s foreign and economicministers in Kuala Lumpur, on April 25.

Vietnamese Deputy PrimeMinister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Minister of Industryand Trade Vu Huy Hoang were present at the banquet together with theirASEAN counterparts.

Muhyiddin Yassin stressed the need tocontinue reinforcing the bloc’s role and increasing its operationefficiency, saying that ASEAN’s behaviours towards continuous changes ofregional and global geopolitical situation, will determine its future.

Accordingto him, economic integration has been one of the key concentrationsthat ASEAN has paid attention to during last decades. Joint efforts fromASEAN member nations aiming at building a closely associated markethelped boost trade links within the bloc, as well as between ASEAN andexternal partners.

Implementing all measures of an ASEAN Economic Community will help the creation of an integrated market for the bloc, he said.-VNA

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