Indonesian envoy Ina Krisnamurthi says hoping for 'more concrete steps' on Modi's 12-point plan for ASEAN-India ties. Indian PM will be in Laos on 10-11 Oct for ASEAN-India summit.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
ASEAN is a fifty year old success story. Economic cooperation, without the political integration the EEC has been working on. In a better world, SAARC and ASEAN would be sister organisations, blending into each other, geographically and economically. BIMSTEC is not quite the same, and it will now be affected by developments in Bangladesh.
ASEAN is a fifty year old success story. Economic cooperation, without the political integration the EEC has been working on. In a better world, SAARC and ASEAN would be sister organisations, blending into each other, geographically and economically. BIMSTEC is not quite the same, and it will now be affected by developments in Bangladesh.