ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting To Highlight Community-building, TAC Progress
KUALA LUMPUR, May 25 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) today will focus on advancing ASEAN Community-building efforts, with a briefing from the ASEAN Secretariat on developments under the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC).
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the meeting will be chaired by Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
'The meeting will bring together Foreign Ministers from ASEAN member states to deliberate on key regional and international issues in line with Malaysia's ASEAN Chairmanship theme 'Inclusivity and Sustainability'.
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