ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Manila
6 months after the historic meeting of the ASEAN leaders in Cebu, the foreign ministers meet again in Manila.
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When the five-day 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) opens at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on Sunday (July 29), the regional grouping will be only 11 days shy of its 40th anniversary on August 8 this year.From the original five, ASEAN now has 10 members, comprising all the countries in Southeast Asia. Although the member countries have different political and ideological orientations, ASEAN has one unifying objective: to promote peace and stability in the region.
ASEAN was established on Aug. 8, 1967 at the height of the Cold War by the foreign ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand during their historic meeting in Bangkok where they signed the ASEAN Declaration, now known as the Bangkok Declaration.