The close ties and cooperation among ASEAN members must not just to be maintained but should be further increased and improved from time to time, said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Photo: Xinhua)
Kuala Lumpur(VNA) – The close ties and cooperation among ASEAN members must not just to bemaintained but should be further increased and improved from time to time, saidMalaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
By doing so, ASEANwill continue to progress and succeed, the PM said in a statement on April 25.
Najib will lead theMalaysian delegation to the 30th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in thePhilippines.
The Gross Domestic Productof ASEAN nations reached 2.5 trillion USD last year, placing the region as theworld’s seventh largest economy, he noted, adding that the world’s economicexperts are confident that ASEAN would become the fourth largest economy by2050.
ASEAN, he said, is nowon its 50th year since the Bangkok Declaration which was signed by Indonesia,the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia, followed by other SoutheastAsian countries such as Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar in thesubsequent years.
Since then, the regionand ASEAN member states have been progressing well, not just in terms of theachievement of each country individually but also the achievement of the entiregrouping, he said, expressing his hope that ASEAN would be dubbed as among themost successful regional associations in the world.-VNA
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The ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) entered its second plenary session in Hanoi on the afternoon of April 23, discussing ways to ensure comprehensive security for the people-centred ASEAN Community.
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The Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) of Indonesia on April 21 lifted its tsunami advisory issued previously following the eruption of Mount Ruang in Sitaro district of North Sulawesi province.
Thailand expects to export about 1 million tonnes of durian, valued at an estimated 130 billion THB (3.53 billion USD) this year, with most of the shipments to China, according to Minister of Agriculture Thammanat Prompao.
The 72nd meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) and related meetings are being held by the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of Vietnam in the central city of Da Nang on April 22-26.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Photo: Xinhua) 
