{"id":109984,"date":"2017-08-06T21:50:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T01:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=109984"},"modified":"2017-08-06T21:50:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T01:50:04","slug":"us-secretary-of-state-cites-importance-of-tie-up-with-asean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/06\/us-secretary-of-state-cites-importance-of-tie-up-with-asean\/","title":{"rendered":"US Secretary of State cites importance of tie-up with ASEAN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday stressed the importance of its affiliation with the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations. (Photo <\/a>by arctic_council\/Flickr<\/a>, CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Aug. 6 — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday stressed the importance of its affiliation with the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<\/span><\/p>\n

This, after noting that he has met with ASEAN officials three times in the last six months, with the third one during Sunday\u2019s ASEAN-US Ministerial Meeting at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think, it is indicative of the importance that the United States pays and places upon this relationship with ASEAN,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his opening remarks for the Ministerial Meeting, Tillerson said that among the issues that have been discussed between him and the ASEAN officials involve \u201ca number of security interest, of mutual interest, and a number of economic areas of interest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He also expects to have discussions on additional topics concerning \u201cthreats to all of us and our common response to that\u201d as well as \u201copportunities that exist among all of those to strengthen relationships.\u201d <;p>Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato\u2019 Sri Anifah HJ Aman, during the same meeting, said US is a vital partner of the ASEAN \u201cwith solid relations encompassing wide areas of cooperation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the world\u2019s largest economy has been ASEAN\u2019s partner for a long time now, with the ASEAN-US relations now on its 40th year.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is thankful that the US has been a big help in ensuring peace, stability, security and prosperity in the region, which is the seventh largest economy in the world as of 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dASEAN would like to see this relation enhance for our common benefit. Our cooperation in regional and international issues as well as traditional and non-traditional challenges continue to deepen to cover myriad of issues including terrorism, cyber security, climate change, migrants and maritime matters to name a few,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aman added that ASEAN member-countries are all hopes for enhancing the partnership to another level.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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