Senior officials from ASEAN member nations and the group’s partners met at the ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Officials' Meeting (ARF SOM ) in Luang Prabang, Laos on May 8.
ASEAN-Malaysia National Secretariat Director-General Muhammad Shahrul
Ikram Yaakob said on June 10 that the Association of the Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) believes a judicious mechanism could solve disputes in
the East Sea.
Malaysia is hosting the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of ASEAN and a
series of SOMS events between ASEAN and its partners from June 7 to 11
in Kuching city of Sarawak state.
A Vietnamese delegation participated in the Senior Officials Meetings
(SOM) of ASEAN, ASEAN+3, East Asia Summit (EAS) and ASEAN Regional Forum
(ARF), in Surabaya , Indonesia from June 7-10.
The Senior Officials’ Meetings (SOM) of
the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the ASEAN+3 and the Informal
Consultations among East Asian Summit (EAS) Senior Officials took place
in the central province of Quang Nam from May 19-20.
Officials from the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) are gathering in Nha Trang, the
central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, for their mid-term meeting discussing
confidence-building measures and development of preventive diplomacy.