Myanmar’s State Counsellor cum Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on August 6 discussed ways to resolve the ongoing crisis involved the Rohingya Muslim minority group in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta on August 5 on the last stop of a three-nation trip to Southeast Asia.
The recent 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-51) and other related meetings hosted by Singapore have secured many important outcomes, Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung told the media recently.
Foreign ministers of ASEAN countries held meetings with their counterparts from the bloc’s partners, including the Republic of Korea (RoK), Canada, Australia, the US, and the European Union (EU), in Singapore on August 3.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on August 3 agreed to continue reinforcing and strengthening the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Vietnam and China.
Representatives from ASEAN partner countries have stated their commitments to support the bloc’s central role in the regional structure at the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 51) and related meetings in Singapore, which runs between July 30 and August 4.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, and Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Vijay Kumar Singh co-chaired the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Singapore on August 3 within the framework of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
The Party, State and people of Vietnam treasure and want to further strengthen and promote the traditional friendship with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said a senior Vietnamese official.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh led a delegation to attend the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference sessions with its partners, namely Japan, China, Russia and New Zealand, held in Singapore on August 2 within the framework of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 51).
Singaporean President Halimah Yacob met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 51) and related meetings in Singapore on August 3, promising to deepen bilateral cooperation.
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must continue to enhance the open, inclusive and ASEAN-centred regional architecture, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh had separate meetings with Foreign Ministers Taro Kono of Japan and Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran on August 2.
The 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 51) ended on August 2 in Singapore with a Joint Communiqué urging the bloc to strengthen its internal strength through increasing intra-bloc trade and investment and regional economic connectivity.
Six countries of the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC), namely Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and India, have agreed to enhance cooperation in managing and sustainably using water resources.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China have agreed on a “single draft” negotiating text of a Code of Conduct (COC) in the East Sea, an important stride towards narrowing differences among parties.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met with the foreign ministers of Cambodia and Norway on August 2 on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Singapore.
Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong expressed his hope that the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will be signed by the end of this year.
The 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM-51) officially opened in Singapore on August 2, with the participation of foreign ministers from the 10 member countries.
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