ASEAN member states called for closer cooperation
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(VOVWORLD) -Former Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Le Luong Minh has called for more efforts of and closer cooperation among the group’s member nations to promote intra-bloc development.
 A ceremony of office transfer in Jakarta, Indonesia on January 5, 2017 (Photo: Do Quyen/VNA) |
In his speech a ceremony of office transfer in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday, Minh highlighted the significance of the formation of the ASEAN Community, which he described as an important milestone proving the group’s dynamic development as well as its member states’ political spirit and solid commitments.
New ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi emphasized the need to maintain and enhance the central role played by ASEAN in the context of complicated regional and global developments. On the occasion, the ASEAN Secretariat organized the ground-breaking ceremony for its new building which is situated next to the existing one and is expected to be completed after one year of construction.
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