The nine-day exercise in Tawau and Kalabakan this time showed both countries to be on high alert and eager to share information with each other, an official said.
Syed Sulaiman Husaini, leader of the Shia Muslim branch in Thailand, said the Thai negotiation team will be led by former Narathiwat MP Areepen Uttarasin and Lerpong Syed,…
The ministers also reaffirmed the importance of the sector’s contribution to achieving global net-zero carbon emissions, such as through green transportation.
Analysts agreed that the region is currently backsliding or, at the very least, stagnating in democracy, as a result of domestic political occurrences around or during elections.
The conference is slated to take place in Siem Reap, in June 2024.
The authorities in Vietnam have been asked to cooperate with Myanmar to implement consular procedures as necessary, and support the repatriation of the citizens.
Preliminary activities of 2023 Exercise Pagbubuklod also include a tabletop exercise, as well as subject-matter expert exchanges, with multilateral drills lasting until Oct 27.
Mr Wang’s three-day visit is the latest in a flurry of diplomatic engagements between the two strategic rivals as they seek to manage their differences to avoid conflict.
The statement comes after a Chinese maritime militia rammed Philippine navy boats en route for a resupply mission to troops stationed on Ayungin Shoal.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet also said grey-zone activities erode international laws, and at the same time, the need to ensure that the East Sea remains a sea…