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Russia backs ASEAN plan on tackling post-coup turmoil in Myanmar

Jul 06, 2021 18:11

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow strongly supports the Southeast Asian diplomatic efforts to end the post-coup crisis engulfing Myanmar.
ASEAN set to hold summit on Myanmar crisis; junta leader to attend

Apr 20, 2021 14:50

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is set to hold a summit in Indonesia to discuss a weeks-long crisis in army-ruled Myanmar, with the attendance of the country’s junta chief.
Malaysia PM calls on ASEAN to stick together in face of US trade war

Nov 02, 2019 14:27

Malaysian Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has called on the Southeast Asian countries to stick together in the face of a trade war launched by US President Donald Trump against China.
US, ASEAN kick off drills amid maritime disputes with China

Sep 02, 2019 12:17

The United States has kicked off joint naval exercises with ten South East Asian countries, as part of war games that will be extended into the disputed South China Sea.
US’s Pence says ‘no place for empire’ in Indo-Pacific

Nov 15, 2018 11:39

US Vice President Mike Pence says there is no place for “empire and aggression” in the Indo-Pacific region, in a remark apparently aimed at China.
Asian MPs call for halt on repartition of Rohignya Muslims to Myanmar

Nov 02, 2018 13:57

Asian parliamentarians has called on both governments in Bangladesh and Myanmar to halt plans for repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to their home country, where they fled a state-sponsored brutal military violence over the last year.
China to hold first naval drill with ASEAN nations in South China Sea

Oct 19, 2018 13:35

China is preparing to hold its first joint maritime exercise with the navies of ten South Asian nations next week in an effort to ease rising tensions in the disputed South China Sea, Singapore says.
ASEAN urges accountability for Myanmar atrocities

Oct 02, 2018 12:45

The foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations have called on Myanmar to probe state-sponsored atrocities against Rohingya Muslims.
China, 10 ASEAN nations hold naval drill in Singapore

Aug 03, 2018 12:35

The navies of China and Southeast Asian countries have carried out their first emergency naval drill amid lingering maritime disputes in the South China Sea.
Iran, ASEAN ink friendship, cooperation treaty

Aug 02, 2018 12:14

Iran has signed a friendship treaty with the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in a move which could lead to broader economic cooperation between the Islamic Republic and the organization’s member states.