{"id":157094,"date":"2018-03-17T22:52:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T02:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=157094"},"modified":"2018-03-17T22:52:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T02:52:39","slug":"asean-australia-ink-pact-on-counter-terror-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/17\/asean-australia-ink-pact-on-counter-terror-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"ASEAN, Australia ink pact on counter-terror cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_157095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157095\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29261427_1821272534590705_201057898845962240_o_5aacbbe75b9ae5_91920651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-157095\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29261427_1821272534590705_201057898845962240_o_5aacbbe75b9ae5_91920651.jpg\" alt=\"Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney, Australia on Satuday (March 17, 2018) . (Photo courtesy of DFA-Office of Public Diplomacy via PNA)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29261427_1821272534590705_201057898845962240_o_5aacbbe75b9ae5_91920651.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/29261427_1821272534590705_201057898845962240_o_5aacbbe75b9ae5_91920651-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-157095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney, Australia on Satuday (March 17, 2018) . (Photo courtesy of DFA-Office of Public Diplomacy via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) and Australia on Saturday sealed a historic agreement seeking to bolster regional security, with the joint signing of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a Cooperation to Counter International Terrorism on the sidelines of the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the Philippine government delegation was Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, who represents President Rodrigo R. Duterte for the two-day leaders&#8217; dialogue in Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The MOU is aimed at strengthening the cooperation between the two parties in combating terrorism, counter-terrorism financing, and in the fight against violent extremism.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, the leaders stressed that the crafting of the MOU demonstrates their &#8220;joint resolve to stand together&#8221; against those who seek to divide communities.<\/p>\n<p>The document intensifies Australia\u2019s annual engagement with the bloc and enshrines practical measures to deepen dialogue across governments and security and law enforcement institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The MOU is supported by programs on technical and regulatory assistance to develop best practices in aid of counter-terrorism legislation, and regional dialogues and workshops on topics, such as electronic evidence, financial intelligence, and countering online radicalization.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;ASEAN nations have a strong record of working together to confront violent extremism and defeat terrorist organizations,&#8221; the joint statement read.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In recent years the threat posed by returning foreign fighters and ISIL-linked extremists has grown. It makes today\u2019s cooperation all the more important,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>The MOU signing adds to the numerous peace and security cooperation between the two parties, which ranges from cyber and maritime cooperation, in their fight against people trafficking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Association of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) and Australia on Saturday sealed a historic agreement seeking to bolster regional security, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":157095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[3374,48531,268,48532,16251],"class_list":["post-157094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-alan-peter-cayetano","tag-association-of-southeast-asian","tag-australia","tag-cooperation-to-counter-international-terrorism","tag-rodrigo-r-duterte","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157094","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=157094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}