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(Eagle News) – Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte predicted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional bloc will grow stronger as an economic power and as a geopolitical group and global player, stressing that it had proven that diversity was a “strength” rather than a weakness. As the ASEAN celebrated its 50th year, Duterte said that it will prevail over existing challenges that face the region today, among which were terrorism, protectionism and threats to peace […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte led the closing ceremony of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) on Tuesday (August 8), capping off the three-day ministerial meeting with 27 foreign ministers. Duterte, the rotating chair of this year’s ASEAN gathering, gave his closing remarks and said he hoped for a region free of corruption and crime. He later met with the ASEAN foreign ministers for a courtesy call. North Korean missile […]
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano met his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho for talks on Monday (August 7) during which he conveyed security concerns on behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) following the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula. Cayetano, who is this year’s ASEAN host, reaffirmed the importance of having North Korea in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) to continue talks, a statement released after the […]
Southeast Asian nations on Sunday agreed to Beijing’s terms on talks on the South China Sea dispute, after two days of tense meetings on the dispute in the Philippine capital. The foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) issued the joint communique shortly after the ministers met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and agreed on a framework for conducting negotiations on the decades-long row that included key clauses advocated by […]
(Eagle News) – ASEAN Secretary General Lê Lương Minh said that the regional bloc’s foreign ministers are pushing for a legally binding Code of Conduct on the South China Sea. In an interview with CNN Philippines, Minh said that only a legally binding Code of Conduct will be effective in preventing and managing tensions in the South China Sea where various countries have competing claims. Minh cited that the previous Declaration on the Conduct […]
Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said this is the best time for ASEAN member states to take the role of being partners for change as the regional bloc celebrates its 50th year. Cayetano on Saturday, August 5, welcomed his counterparts from different member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as they gathered in Manila for the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM). Senior officials and delegates from other ASEAN […]
by Martin Abbugao / Ayee Macaraig Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Vietnam urged other Southeast Asian nations to take a stronger stand against Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea on Saturday, as a tense regional security forum began with North Korea also under fire over its nuclear program. Ahead of the launch of the annual gathering of foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam made a […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations “reiterated” their “grave concerns over the escalation of tensions in the Korean Peninsula” including the most recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests of North Korea on July 4 and 28, and two other nuclear tests last year. The “ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Developments in the Korean Peninsula” issued on Saturday, August 5, during the opening of the […]
North Korea’s vice foreign minister, Han Song-ryol, has met with his Philippine counterpart on July 25 ahead of ASEAN Regional Forum set in Manila this week, after Pyongyang sent diplomats early this year in Manila to appeal to the ASEAN chairman not to embarrass North Korea during the regional meeting, according to a Reuters report. Two diplomats from the Philippines foreign ministry said the North Koreans were worried ASEAN may issue a strongly-worded statement […]
United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will not meet his North Korean counterpart at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations forum in Manila and will instead push to deepen Pyongyang’s diplomatic isolation, a senior US official said Wednesday. North Korea’s push to build a nuclear-armed missile capable of threatening US cities has brought the region to the brink of crisis, and Washington is using every diplomatic lever to shut the program down. But, in […]
