Beijing/Manila: The member countries of the ASEAN group have started retaliating against the Chinese bullying to establish its right over the South China Sea region. The Philippines has started new construction on Pagasa Island and has decided to continue with the military pact with the United States. Vietnam has the current Presidency of ASEAN, and […]
New Delhi: India and ASEAN have decided to make the cooperation stronger and more comprehensive at all levels. The Indian foreign ministry informed that a decision to this effect, was taken in the 21st ASEAN India Senior Officials Meeting, held on 11th and 12th April. The foreign ministry informed that the strategic cooperation between India […]
Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned about the intensifying war of domination between the two superpowers in the Asian region saying ‘The ASEAN countries will have to choose between the United States and China in the future. But, let us hope that this is a distant situation.’ There is a raging trade war […]
Beijing: China has proposed a joint military exercises with the South East Asian countries excluding all the countries outside the region. This Chinese proposal seems to be an effort to check the activities of the United States and its allies in the Indo-Pacific and South China Sea region. China has expressed interest in jointly carrying […]
Singapore/Washington: ‘The United States has declared an additional aid of $ 300 million with the intention to fulfil its promise of strengthening the security at the regional level in the Indo-Pacific region. We are confident that the United States’ defence cooperation will strengthen further with this aid in the Indo-Pacific region,’ US Secretary of State […]
Sydney: Australian Prime Mister Malcom Turnbull assured the strengthening of cooperation with the ‘ASEAN’ by saying, ‘The ‘Australia-ASEAN Summit’ has endorsed the Australian commitment and all-weather friendship towards the ASEAN countries’. The ‘Australia-ASEAN summit’ was organised for the first time on Friday. The summit concluded on Sunday and according to the sources the main points […]
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New Delhi : Prime minister Narendra Modi is in bilateral talks with the leaders of the ASEAN nations who are in India as chief guests for the Republic Day celebrations. The presence of these leaders at the Republic Day celebrations underlines growing Indian influence in the South East Asian region. Prime minister Modi had discussions […]
Beijing – India has started purchasing large quantities of fuel and weapons from Russia. According to the claim made by the United States, human rights are being crushed in India. Yet, ignoring this claim, the United States is developing strategic cooperation with India. Besides, vigorous preparations have been initiated for Prime Minister Modi’s visit to […]
Seoul/ Jakarta: South Korea and Indonesia, among the five leading economies in Asia, have decided to transact in local currencies. A meeting of both countries’ central banks was recently held in South Korea. On this occasion, an agreement was signed to use the local currencies ‘Won’ and ‘Rupiah’ instead of the US dollar in trade […]