Selangor Journal
A worker adjusts an Asean flag at a meeting hall in Kuala Lumpur, on October 28, 2021. — Picture by REUTERS

Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting to kick off in Jakarta on Sunday

MOSCOW, July 9 — A regular meeting of the foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be held in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta from July 9 to July 14, reported Sputnik.

A total of 29 countries are expected to attend the ministerial and related meetings, which will include courtesy calls by delegations from Brunei, Timor-Leste, Norway and Pakistan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend the July 13 to July 14 meetings.

The parties will discuss, among other things, strengthening Asean’s capacity and institutional effectiveness to better respond to the current geopolitical challenges as well as the situation in Myanmar and humanitarian assistance to the country following Cyclone Mocha.

— Bernama

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