JAKARTA, 28 August 2015 — Lithuania today expressed its interest in establishing cooperation with ASEAN and its Member States. Foreign Minister of Lithunia, H.E. Linas Antanas Linkevičius, said that his country is conducting a study to identify areas of possible cooperation with ASEAN as well as within the ASEAN-European Union dialogue framework. Minister Linkevičius conveyed [...]
JAKARTA, 27 August 2015 – H.E. Dr. Rui Maria de Araujo, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, visited the ASEAN Secretariat today and had a meeting with H.E. Le Luong Minh, the Secretary-General of ASEAN. The primary focus of the discussions was on Timor-Leste's application for ASEAN membership. PM Rui told SG Minh [...]
JAKARTA, 27 August 2015 - Cambodian Permanent Representative to ASEAN, H.E. Norng Sakal, presented his Letter of Credence to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh, at a ceremony held at the ASEAN Secretariat today. Recognising the prevailing challenges to realise the ASEAN Community by end of this year, both SG Minh and Ambassador Sakal [...]
1. The Economic Ministers from the 16 RCEP Participating Countries attended the 3rd RCEP Ministerial Meeting held on 24 August 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Ministerswere encouraged by the progress made after nine rounds of negotiations since the launch in November 2012. In particular, Ministers noted that some breakthroughs have been made to settle some key issues. [...]
BALI, 25 August 2015 - The ASEAN Secretariat conducted a Project Evaluation Training in Bali last week with 17 staffs from various sectoral and functional divisions in attendance. The training aims to enhance the participants’ knowledge in carrying out state-of-the-art project evaluation and impact assessment. Improved evaluation capacity will help strengthen future project design. During [...]
NAY PYI TAW, 21 August 2015 - The 1st JAIF Caravan, jointly organized by Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) Management Team (JMT) of ASEAN Secretariat, will be held on 27-28 August 2015 at the Grand Amara Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. The JAIF Caravan will act as a platform [...]
