Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will kick off the big ASEAN foreign ministers meeting on Wednesday at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. All the top diplomats from Southeast Asia will show up for the fancy opening ceremony. The ASEAN boss Dr Kao Kim Hourn plans to meet with Anwar before the main event gets rolling. Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan will run the show during the important sessions. The gathering brings back memories of the January meeting in Langkawi where ministers talked tough about Myanmar and the South China Sea mess.
The ministers will sign a major friendship treaty during a special ceremony that everyone has been waiting for. Malaysia picked the theme Inclusivity and Sustainability for their turn running ASEAN. The four-day event packs 24 high-level meetings with big shots from around the world. About 1,500 delegates will crowd into the convention center to hash out global problems. Countries like Australia, China, Japan, and the United States will send their foreign ministers to join the talks.
Myanmar stands out as the only ASEAN country not sending their foreign minister to the party. Instead, they sent a lower-ranking official from their foreign ministry to represent the troubled nation. Timor-Leste gets to watch from the sidelines as an observer while they work toward full membership. Malaysia takes charge of ASEAN for the fifth time since joining the regional club. The country previously hosted the rotating leadership role in 1977, 1997, 2005, and 2015.
The ministers will sign a major friendship treaty during a special ceremony that everyone has been waiting for. Malaysia picked the theme Inclusivity and Sustainability for their turn running ASEAN. The four-day event packs 24 high-level meetings with big shots from around the world. About 1,500 delegates will crowd into the convention center to hash out global problems. Countries like Australia, China, Japan, and the United States will send their foreign ministers to join the talks.
Myanmar stands out as the only ASEAN country not sending their foreign minister to the party. Instead, they sent a lower-ranking official from their foreign ministry to represent the troubled nation. Timor-Leste gets to watch from the sidelines as an observer while they work toward full membership. Malaysia takes charge of ASEAN for the fifth time since joining the regional club. The country previously hosted the rotating leadership role in 1977, 1997, 2005, and 2015.
