1. ASEAN condemns the bombing at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Jolo, Sulu, the Philippines, on 27th January 2019, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives and caused injury to many. ASEAN extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the victims, and wishes the injured a quick recovery. [...]
We, the Foreign Ministers of Member States of the European Union and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, the Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), gathered on 21 January 2019 in Brussels, Belgium, at the [...]
The Seventh Meeting of ASEAN and India Tourism Ministers was held on 18 January 2019 in Ha Long City, Viet Nam in conjunction with the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2019. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thien, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam, and H.E. Mr. Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam, Minister [...]
The Eighteenth Meeting of the ASEAN Plus Three (ASEAN, China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea) Tourism Ministers was held on 18 January 2019 in Ha Long City, Viet Nam, in conjunction with the Twenty-Second Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers (M-ATM) and the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2019. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Mr. [...]
The Twenty-Second Meeting of ASEAN Tourism Ministers (22nd M-ATM) was held on 17 January 2019 in Ha Long City, Viet Nam, in conjunction with the ASEAN Tourism Forum 2019 (ATF). H.E. Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thien, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Viet Nam, chaired the Meeting, and H.E. Dato Ali Apong, Minister of Primary [...]
1. I chaired the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat on 17-18 January 2019 in Chiang Mai. The Retreat is the first gathering of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers under Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2019 with the theme, “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”, which the Foreign Ministers welcomed. 2. We had fruitful discussions on ASEAN’s priorities for the year [...]
