Bilateral trade between China and ASEAN countries reached 397.2 billion US dollars in the first 10 months of 2015, while 14.3 percent of China’s overseas investment went to ASEAN countries by the end of 2014, making China-ASEAN economic and trade cooperation the most substantial and fruitful in East Asia, said Gao.
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Envisaged in 2002, work on the community began in 2007, and it is already delivering benefits to the region, said Mr Najib.
“This is how [Mahatma] Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King won the hearts and minds of their enemies”.
Amid the challenging economy, Modi said the success was the result of a series of concerted policies.
As one of the five original founding members of ASEAN, Malaysia took over the rotating chairmanship with an aim to accelerate economic integration, strengthen the institutional framework and make ASEAN more inclusive.
The perpetrators of these cowardly and barbaric acts do not represent any race, religion or creed, nor should we allow them to claim to do so.
“They’re terrorists and should be confronted as such, with the full force of the law”, he said, calling for vigilance against a threat he called “very real”.
“I assure you of its early completion”, he said.
The Rohingya are a Muslim minority who have been denied citizenship in Myanmar and make up one of the largest groups of stateless people in the world.
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, is welcomed to the opening plenary session by Philippines President Benigno Aquino III at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, November 19, 2015.
After a meeting with Obama late Friday, Najib said his government is very clear that it is against the IS, “its ideology, what it stands for”.
They chanted “Reject Obama” and held banners that read “O Terrorist, you are not welcome here”, and “America’s war of terrorism is a war against Islam”.
Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi, Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Rizal Ramli, Trade Minister Thomas Lembong and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung are accompanying Jokowi in Kuala Lumpur. On Sunday, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will formally establish the ASEAN Community to create a unified economic entity.
Malaysia is further encouraged by China’s continued commitment, affirmation and strong support for ASEAN centrality and our leading role in ASEAN mechanism including the Asia Pacific and East Asia Summit.KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is confident that the strong ties existing between ASEAN and China will enter its 25th year in 2016, will mark a more robust trade and investment activity, moving forward. “I very much appreciate this conversation”.
Islam is practiced by a majority of Malaysians. Obama visited the refugee center in Malaysia, casting a spotl…
Barack Obama believes Malaysia can be “extraordinarily helpful” in combating Islamic State.
The Southeast Asian nation has arrested dozens of suspects who authorities said were plotting attacks in the country or linked to Islamic State. A few have been arrested upon their return from Syria.
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India also planned to offer over 100 training slots in renewable energy in their institutions to ASEAN member states, he said.
