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MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno S. Aquino will attend the Association of ASEAN-U.S. Summit next week. He will be joined by Foreign Affairs secretary Albert Del Rosario. The summit aims to build deeper partnerships that the U.S. has forged with ASEAN since 2009 and further advance Washington’s rebalance to Asia and the pacific. The event will provide leaders a forum to strengthen cooperation on political security and economic issues under the new U.S.-ASEAN strategic partnership, […]
WITH just 11 days to go before the United States-ASEAN Summit gets underway, officials on both sides of the pacific are preparing for the two-day event which will bring together U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders from the 10 ASEAN countries. The first stand-alone United States-ASEAN Summit will be on February 15 to 16. The meeting was called when ASEAN and the U.S. upgraded their level of cooperation from dialogue partner to strategic partner in […]
Regional issues, mainly territorial dispute among ASEAN and China over the South China Sea were also discussed in the ASEAN summit. The summit host, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, said issue of freedom of navigation in the South China Sea was widely discussed during the meeting. “When it comes to freedom of navigation and over flight all countries agreed that should not be any interference with respect of the freedom of navigation and over flights. […]
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged caution on Sunday (November 21) after China said it would continue to build military and civilian facilities on disputed artificial islands that have been seen as a provocation by the United States. “On the competing claims in the South China Sea I have consistently said all parties should exercise the utmost restrain and resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner through dialogue and in conformity in international law,” said […]
Brunei’s Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah arrived in Malaysia on Friday (November 20) ahead of a two-day regional meeting. Hassanal Bolkiah and wife Pengiran Anak Saleha arrived in Subang Abdul Aziz Shah Airport and were met by Malaysian officials. Brunei is one of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Leaders of the 10-member state regional bloc will meet with their dialogue partners from United States, China, Japan, Australia, India, New Zealand, Russia […]
President Benigno S. Aquino III will attend the Association of South East Asian Nation or ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the issue of territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea will be tackled. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Malaysian authorities tightened security as they deployed soldiers in its capital city on Friday (November 20), taking extra security precautions amid unconfirmed reports of an “imminent terrorist threat” ahead of a regional summit. U.S. President Barack Obama’s is joining leaders of the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a weekend summit. Leaders from eight other countries with close partnerships with the grouping – Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea […]
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III on Sunday noon left for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to attend 26th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit slated from April 26 – 28. In his departure speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2, the President said among the agendas during the summit is developing trade, improving relations among citizens of the ASEAN region, responding to the impact of climate change and promoting security in the region. “Ididiin po natin, […]
FOREIGN Ministers of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held a one-day ministerial level meeting in Malaysia on Sunday (April 26). The preparation meeting at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre came ahead of the leaders summit on Monday (April 27) where heads of state of the regional bloc will meet to discuss a slew of regional and international issues. Territorial disputes in the South China Sea and establishment of an integrated […]
President Aquino returned to the Philippines after attending the APEC Summit in Beijing, China and ASEAN Summit in Myanmar, saying that both trips were succesful.
SAYING his recent trips had been “successful,” President Aquino arrived in Manila Friday morning after attending the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Beijing, China, and the 25th Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) Summit in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.The President arrived at exactly 3:47 a.m. on board Philippine Airlines Flight PR001.In his arrival speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 2, the President said that the holding of the two forums […]
In the ASEAN summit in Myanmar, President Aquino once again proposed a code of conduct to resolve the territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea.
