Iran war, Myanmar crisis, South China Sea rifts under the spotlight in ASEAN ministerial talks
Police guard outside the venue of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Post-Ministerial Conferences, and the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia on Monday, July 20, in Manila, Philippines. The Philippines holds the 11-nation regional bloc’s chairmanship this year and is hosting the three-day talks in Manila.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are among the attendees.
- ▪Police guard outside the venue of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Post-Ministerial Conferences, and the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia on Monday, July 20, in Manila, Philippines.
- ▪The Philippines holds the 11-nation regional bloc’s chairmanship this year and is hosting the three-day talks in Manila.U.S.
- ▪Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are among the attendees.
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Police guard outside the venue of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting, Post-Ministerial Conferences, and the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia on Monday, July 20, in Manila, Philippines. AP-YonhapMANILA, Philippines — Southeast Asia’s top diplomats will express alarm over renewed hostilities in the Middle East when they gather in the Philippine capital Tuesday for talks to be joined by Western and Asian counterparts, including from the United States, China, Russia and the European Union.Some of the world’s most intractable conflicts, including the latest fighting in Iran, will be high in the agenda of the annual talks held by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations .
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