Timor Leste’s entry into ASEAN could help freedoms: Analysts
Since gaining independence from Indonesia in 1999, Timor Leste has flourished into one of the more progressive democracies in Southeast Asia.
Since gaining independence from Indonesia in 1999, Timor Leste has flourished into one of the more progressive democracies in Southeast Asia.
Cambodia and China have also agreed to deepen cooperation and harmonise strategies linked to the former’s Rectangular Strategy and latter’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Asean's foreign ministers are to discuss priorities for the coming year.
Many Vietnamese companies are expanding material zones and improving fruit quality to boost their exports to China and other RCEP members.
For more than a decade, Asean has been working with China to produce a set of guidelines, the COC, to prevent open conflict in the South China Sea.
Prime Minister Hun Sen called on Beijing, on Aug 3, to support the setting up of the RCEP office in Cambodia.
The UK embassy said that a strong UK-Asean relationship is a critical part of their global engagement, foreign policy and Indo-Pacific Tilt.
UN secretary-general's special envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer made the visit after her meeting with Asean envoy to Myanmar Prak Sokhonn two days earlier.
Asean special envoy Prak Sokhonn said he did not make a direct request but the leader had "hinted" at the possibility.
Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida also called for the immediate cessation of violence in Myanmar, a stop to the flow of weapons, and for all to…