Foreign ministers and delegates from Southeast Asian nations joined in a meeting in Vientiane on Tuesday (Oct 8), as Laos' top diplomat highlighted the region's 'concerted effort' is much needed amid the current geo-political climate.
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00:00Foreign ministers and delegates from Southeast Asian nations joined in a meeting in Vientiane
00:05on Tuesday as Laos' top diplomat highlighted the region's concerted effort is much needed
00:11amid the current geopolitical climate.
00:14ASEAN concerted effort is needed to respond proactively and effectively to these challenges
00:23with a view to maintaining and promoting regional and global peace, stability and prosperity
00:29as well as to maintaining ASEAN relevance and centrality as a primary driving force
00:37in evolving regional architecture.
00:39The ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting officially kicked off the four-day summits.
00:44Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Hassan arrived in the Laos capital on Sunday.
00:49Myanmar has sent the foreign ministry's permanent secretary Aung Kyaw Moe to join the meetings
00:55as a representative despite the junta leadership being banned over their failure to comply
01:00with the peace plan they had initially agreed to.
01:03On October 11th, Laos will officially hand over the ASEAN chairmanship to Malaysia.