Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Philippines on November 12 to attend the 31st ASEAN Summit (ASEAN-31) and related meetings, and the 12th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Manila.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the ASEAN Joint Consultative Meeting (JCM) in Manila, the Philippines on October 11-13.
Events on July 26, the last day of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting are expected to focus on key issues of the region as well as matters of regional and international concerns.
Senior officials from ASEAN member countries met in Vientiane, Laos on July 22 to discuss the preparation of the agenda and documents for the 49th AMM which is slated for July 23-26.
Vietnam made active and responsible contributions to documents adopted at the 27 th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings that took place in Malaysia from November 21-22.
The signing of a historic declaration on the formation of an ASEAN Community by the end of this year by all 10 ASEAN leaders will be the highlight of the upcoming 27th ASEAN Summit.
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.