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Prime Minister Reaffirms Commitment to ASEAN Principles and Timor-Leste's Determination to Actively Contribute to the ...

ASEAN Diplomats Warn Against Unilateral Tariffs

(MENAFN) Unilateral tariffs are deemed “counterproductive and risk exacerbating global economic fragmentation,” stated a joint declaration by senior diplomats from Southeast Asian countries on Friday. Highlighting their “concern” about escalating worldwide …

US Secretary of State Rubio to attend ASEAN summit

(MENAFN) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to participate in the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, marking his first official visit to Southeast Asia since taking office earlier this year, according to local media. Rubio is …

Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Doorstop Interview with Singapore Media at the 58th ...

Minister: Well, as we were just discussing, it has been a very busy period. So the time has flown, because very literally, every hour has been accounted for. It has been an intensive series of meetings with my ASEAN colleagues, one-on-one and collectively, …

China Proposes to Help Defusing Thailand-Cambodia Border Tensions

(MENAFN) China has stepped forward to assist in defusing escalating border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia, both of which are its Southeast Asian neighbors. The diplomatic offer came on Thursday from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during bilateral …

China Calls on U.S. to Adopt “Peaceful Coexistence” for Stable Relations

(MENAFN) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated on Friday that Beijing and Washington should “find the right way to get along with each other in the new era,” signaling a push for improved bilateral relations. In a statement from the Chinese Foreign …

ASEAN Reaffirms Commitment to Timor-Leste's Full Membership

Brazil’s Lula Set to Resume Mercosur-Indonesia Free Trade Talks

(MENAFN) Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Wednesday that Brazil will leverage its current leadership of Mercosur to restart stalled talks on a free trade agreement with Indonesia. Speaking during a bilateral meeting in Brasília with …