ASEAN foreign ministers achieve much, but resolve little
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Southeast Asian foreign ministers completed a day of endless meetings in Vientiane on Saturday, seemingly content in the knowledge that they had achieved much while resolving little.
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XIANGHE, China, Dec. 13 -- The news from the third session of Cabinet-level economic talks between the United States and China was more about what negotiators didn't achieve than what they achieved.
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The Foreign ministers of 10 Southeast Asian countries have started a series of meetings in the Laotian capital Vientiane, to prepare for a summit next week of 16 Asian leaders.
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Officials acknowledged that while a new strategic economic dialogue between the U.S. and China was an accomplishment, it does not equal achievement of results.
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Trade ministers from the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed with New Zealand and Australia to recommend the launch of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement.
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Leaders of 10 South East Asian nations have started a two-day summit in the Laos capital, Vientiane. The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting will focus on deepening economic integration
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Malaysia and Singapore have agreed to work on a proposal to solve some of their long-standing bilateral disputes. Singapore Senior Minister, Goh Chok Tong, and Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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The global economy is healthy and no major financial crises loom. Yet finance ministers meeting this week must confront uncertainties about the fight against terrorism, rising interest rates and volatile oil prices.
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Talks for a free trade agreement between the US and Malaysia are bogged down in sensitive issues and are unlikely to meet a crucial deadline to forge to deal, according to a senior US official.
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Foreign ministers from Japan and from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Laos Saturday to discuss terrorism, Kyodo reported.
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Australia&#39;s Foreign Minister says he&#39;s confident of progress in talks on a regional free trade area, during this week&#39;s meeting of South-East Asian nations in Laos.
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Jakarta (VNA) - The 36th ASEAN Economic Ministers meeting closed in Jakarta on Sunday after three days, approving a draft framework agreement on strengthening the economic cooperation among ASEAN member countries.
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ACHIEVEMENTS need goals. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong&#39;s list of priorities, listed in yesterday&#39;s National Day Rally speech, clarifies the external and domestic realities that the new Government has to deal
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Ten years have passed since the first Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) opened in Bangkok, but Asian and European leaders are still struggling to prove that their forum results in more than just hot air.
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Cambodia has been active and playing an increasingly important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and regional affairs politically and economically
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JAKARTA -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is to start free-trade negotiations with Japan and South Korea next year and expects to wrap up talks within two years, ministers said.
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Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Vientiane on Monday to adopt a roadmap for the establishment of an ASEAN Community consisting of three pillars -- an Economic Community, Security Community and Socio-Cultural Community.