{"id":21540,"date":"2014-08-11T20:41:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T12:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=21540"},"modified":"2014-08-12T00:48:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T16:48:33","slug":"canada-strengthens-ties-with-asean-announces-can-14-m-new-funding-for-regional-security-and-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/11\/canada-strengthens-ties-with-asean-announces-can-14-m-new-funding-for-regional-security-and-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada strengthens ties with ASEAN; announces CAN$ 14-M new funding for regional security and connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10106\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/canada.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10106\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/canada.jpg\" alt=\"ShutterStock image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/canada.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/canada-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NAYPYITAW &#8212; Canada announced it is expanding its diplomatic footprint in Southeast Asia as it establishes resident diplomatic missions in Cambodia and Laos, bringing Canadian presence to all 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada\u2019s relationship with ASEAN is one of our key foreign policy priorities,\u201d said Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird during the ASEAN-Canada Post-Ministerial Conference held at the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the establishment of these new diplomatic resources, Canada is well placed to build upon this important relationship in the long term,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Baird earlier announced a new, dedicated Canadian ambassador to ASEAN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe relationship has grown to become a comprehensive partnership, which through political, security, economic and socio-cultural cooperation is fostering job creation for Canadians as well as for our Southeast Asian partners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada\u2019s commitment to ASEAN and the Southeast Asian region is clear,\u201d said Baird. \u201cWe look forward to this relationship reaching its full potential, including at the Leaders\u2019 level in the ASEAN-centred East Asia Summit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baird also announced Canada\u2019s additional CAN$ 14 million in funding toward projects aimed at helping address security issues of shared concern in Southeast Asia and to enhance the ASEAN connectivity agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to expand our regional engagement in areas that support ASEAN\u2019s community-building objectives and that contribute to fostering peace, security and prosperity,\u201d said Baird. \u201cEconomies flourish and people prosper in regions that are secure, stable, and where the rule of law is respected, both within and between states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The funding will be used for projects to mitigate biological and nuclear threats (CAN$ 2.6 million); disrupt illicit flows while protecting legitimate trade (CAN$ 4.4 million); combat human smuggling activities (CAN$ 1.6 million); improve regional cyber-security tools; bolster border management capacities (CAN$ 2 million); and work with ASEAN partners to address the \u201cforeign fighter\u201d phenomenon and radicalization (CAN$ 2.3 million).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAYPYITAW &#8212; Canada announced it is expanding its diplomatic footprint in Southeast Asia as it establishes resident diplomatic missions in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":10106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21540","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}