BANGKOK, 22 May 2010 (NNT) – Members of ASEAN have voiced their concerns over the political violence in Thailand, which may affect the roadmap for the establishment of the ASEAN Community by 2015. A recent statement issued by ASEAN mentions that peace, stability and the development of Thailand are crucial for driving the region towards [...]
BANGKOK, 15 August 2009 (NNT) – ASEAN+3 economic ministers today agreed to mutually conduct a feasibility study on the free trade agreement (FTA) soon in the hope of pushing member countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) up by 1.2 percent. Commerce Minister Porntiva Nakasai revealed ASEAN economic ministers and their counterparts from China, Japan and South [...]
BANGKOK, Aug 15 (TNA) – China, which now enjoys the highest growth in Asia and is the world’s third largest economy, signed an investment agreement Saturday with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) here, Thai Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai said. The agreement was signed during the 41st ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEM) held [...]
BANGKOK, Aug 14 (TNA) – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva left Bangkok on Friday morning on a one-day official visit to the Philippines to strengthen bilateral relations and multi-lateral cooperation including those in the context of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Thailand and the Philippines were among the five founding members of the [...]
BANGKOK, Aug 13 (TNA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India have signed a long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA) which would take effect next year and increase trade between ASEAN and India to US$60 billion within seven years, according to Thai Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai. Under the agreement, ASEAN members and India [...]
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug 8 (TNA) — Myanmar may be forced to abandon its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) membership if it is found to have a nuclear reactor in the country, ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said on Saturday. So far there is no clear evidence that the Southeast Asian country, Thailand’s neighbour to the [...]
BANGKOK, 24 July 2009 (NNT) – An academic believed that the success of Thailand in organizing the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM) could reconstruct the confidence of the international community to the Country. Professor Doctor Sombat Thamrongtanyawong, the President of the National Institution of Development Administration (NIDA), stated that Thailand’s ability to host the AMM [...]
PHUKET, July 23 (TNA) – The United States and North Korea faced off in competing press conferences as the Phuket ASEAN meetings wound to a close, with warnings and recriminations cast in both directions. Earlier intended arrangements to share the same venue to meet the press in end-to-end time slots and schedule delays and overruns, [...]
PHUKET, July 23 (TNA) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday asserted that the United States has valued the importance of the Southeast Asian region and is ready to strengthen its cooperation with the countries of this region. Meanwhile, she praised the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) for its effort to [...]
BANGKOK, 20 July 2009 (NNT) – The Prime Minister indicated that all ASEAN members would jointly follow up the political situation of Myanmar while expressing no concerns over the nation’s possible alliance with North Korea. After chairing the opening ceremony of the 42nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told the press [...]
