{"id":100232,"date":"2017-04-28T21:38:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T01:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=100232"},"modified":"2017-04-28T21:38:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T01:38:30","slug":"asean-fms-urge-parties-concerned-to-de-escalate-tensions-on-korean-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/04\/28\/asean-fms-urge-parties-concerned-to-de-escalate-tensions-on-korean-peninsula\/","title":{"rendered":"ASEAN FMs urge parties concerned to de-escalate tensions on Korean Peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100233\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100233\" style=\"width: 394px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pyongyang-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100233\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pyongyang-2.png\" alt=\"Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday urged all parties concerned to exercise self-retraint to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula. (Photo: David Stanley\/Facebook)\" width=\"394\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pyongyang-2.png 394w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pyongyang-2-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday urged all parties concerned to exercise self-retraint to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/davidstanleytravel\/5063726602\/\">David Stanley\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday urged all parties concerned to exercise self-retraint to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers reiterated their position in a statement that they support the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, they called for the resumption of dialogue on the Korean Peninsula to defuse tensions and create conditions conducive to peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p>The ministers also urged the Democratic People&#8217;s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to comply with the UN Security Council resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said ASEAN is mindful that instability on the Korean Peninsula &#8220;seriously impacts the region and beyond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN has called on all parties concerned to exercise self-retraint and refrain form taking actions that may aggravate the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The ASEAN foreign ministers met on Friday in the run-up to the 30th ASEAN leaders&#8217; summit that will take place on Saturday (April 30).<\/p>\n<p>Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will chair the summit and related meetings of all 10 ASEAN leaders to discuss ways to maintain ASEAN centrality and unity, including having a credible, collective and cohesive ASEAN response while addressing various regional challenges.<\/p>\n<p>ASEAN, which groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, is marking its 50th anniversary this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday urged all parties concerned to exercise self-retraint to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,16,95],"tags":[595,12173],"class_list":["post-100232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-asean","tag-association-of-southeast-asian-nations","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}