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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Thursday (28/10), said that ASEAN’s unity and central position had become an important priority for India. He made the statement in a speech at the India-ASEAN virtual summit. Modi added that cooperation during the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to strengthen India-ASEAN relations in the future. …

Australia said Wednesday it will donate at least 10 million more doses of its COVID-19 vaccine and is offering $92.6 million in financial assistance to Southeast Asia in its efforts to strengthen ties with countries in the region. Speaking at a virtual summit with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) …

US President Joe Biden announced a $102 million aid plan to develop cooperative relations with ASEAN countries. Analysts assess, Indonesia has the potential to take on the role of a leader in the Southeast Asia region.

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (26/10) announced a $102 million initiative to strengthen US relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). A total of $40 million (Rp565 billion) of which was budgeted to help deal with the pandemic and mitigate other pandemics in the future. Biden announced …

Leaders of countries in Southeast Asia began their annual summit without Myanmar’s participation on Tuesday (26/10). The summit comes amid a diplomatic stalemate due to the exclusion of the country’s military leader from the meeting. Myanmar skipped the summit in protest after ASEAN banned its leader general from attending its …

JAKARTA (Mouab) — President Joko Widodo regretted Myanmar’s attitude in refusing ASEAN assistance to get out of the political crisis in the country. The statement was made by Jokowi while attending the virtual 39th ASEAN Summit at the Bogor Presidential Palace, Tuesday (26/10). Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi …

The head of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah opened the group’s annual summit on Monday (25/10), through a speech broadcast on online. His opening speech at the virtual summit did not mention the exclusion of Myanmar’s top general but focused on issues of recovering from the …

The leader of the Myanmar Junta, Monday (18/10), said some of the ASEAN demands were non-negotiable and the violence that occurred in his country was also the responsibility of the 10-nation bloc. “We were asked to solve it and we were the ones to fix the problem. I want ASEAN …

Myanmar’s shadow government, formed by opponents of the ruling military, on Monday welcomed the exclusion of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing from an upcoming regional summit and said legitimate representatives should attend. The opposition also said it would accept a completely neutral alternative representative of Myanmar, who was invited to …

JAKARTA – In response to the closure of access to the ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar imposed by the Myanmar military junta, the group of Southeast Asian countries agreed to invite only non-political representatives from Myanmar at the summit of the ASEAN meeting later this month. The statement was delivered …