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(Reuters) — Leaders of the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed an agreement on collective response to disasters on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Laos on Tuesday (September 6). The agreement affirmed the 10-nation bloc’s will to respond to disasters inside and outside the region as a body, including establishing a common mechanism and response system. The pact is meant to enhance ASEAN’s collective reaction in a fragile […]
(Reuters) — Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte sat down for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday (September 6) on the sidelines of a regional meeting in Laos, with both sides agreeing to strengthen cooperation to ensure a peaceful resolution of the South China Sea dispute. With both countries locked in territorial disputes with China, Abe agreed during the bilateral meeting to provide two large-sized patrol ships and lend up to five used […]
(Reuters) — Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attended the opening ceremony of their regional meeting on Tuesday (September 6). The three-day meeting will bring together leaders from ASEAN and eight other dialogue partners: China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Russia, New Zealand and the United States. Laos President Bounnhang Vorachith made opening remarks to mark the start of the summit. “In recent years, regional and international environments have undergone rapid and […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — Barack Obama, on his final visit to Asia as US president, insisted Tuesday renewed American engagement with the region would endure after he left the White House. “America’s interest in the Asia-Pacific is not new. It’s not a passing fad. It reflects fundamental national interests,” he said in a speech in the Lao capital of Vientiane. The US president is making his 11th and last trip to the Asia-Pacific, seeking to […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte met on Tuesday Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before the opening of the ASEAN Summit in Laos. Both bilateral meetings took place at the National Convention Center in Vientiane. Duterte first meeting was with Lee. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Lee invited Duterte to visit Singapore, and congratulated him on his election. “Both leaders reaffirmed the long and close ties between […]
VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) — The United States will intensify efforts to help Laos rid itself of unexploded bombs, the White House said Tuesday during a historic visit by Barack Obama to a nation once carpet-bombed by Washington. Laos became the world’s most-bombed country per capita from 1964 to 1973 as Washington launched a secret CIA-led war to cut supplies flowing to communist fighters during the Vietnam War. Much of the country is still littered with […]
(REUTERS) The Philippines said on Tuesday that President Rodrigo Duterte regretted comments he made about U.S. President Barack Obama came across as a personal attack and led to the cancellation of a meeting between the leaders of the allied nations. “President Duterte explained that the press reports that President Obama would ‘lecture’ him on extrajudicial killings led to his strong comments, which in turn elicited concern,” the Philippines said in a statement released at […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte signed on Monday (September 5) a proclamation putting the country under a state of national emergency on account of lawless violence. The President signed the proclamation before leaving for Laos for the 28th and 29th Asean summits. The Presidential Communications Office said the proclamation “technically took effect today and remains in force until lifted by the President.” It was early Saturday (September 3) that Duterte declared a state […]
The Philippine community in Laos welcomed President Duterte upon his arrival in Vientiane to attend the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit The President will be accepting the chairmanship of ASEAN’s 50th Anniversary during the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits in Lao PDR. The Philippines is scheduled to host the ASEAN Summit next year when the ASEAN will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. In the ASEAN 2017, 11 cities in the Philippines will host more […]
By Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama has cancelled a planned meeting with Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte, the White House said Monday, after his Asian ally launched a foul-mouthed tirade against him. Duterte called Obama a “son of a whore” hours earlier, vowing he would not allow the American leader to lecture him on human rights. “President Obama will not be holding a bilateral meeting with President Duterte of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte will have a busy schedule in September as he sets out to build stronger relations with the other members of the Association of South East Asian Nations. He will visit Brunei to meet with King Bolkiah as well as the Filipino expatriate community in the country. Then he will go to Laos for the 2016 ASEAN Summit. He will also visit Jakarta, Indonesia. According to Presidential Communications Operations […]
