The 44th ASEAN Summit (plenary session) is held at the National Convention Centre in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct 9. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ASEAN leaders gathered in Vientiane for their ...

The Southeast Asian bloc is well-positioned to play an active role in managing, though not solving, regional conflicts.

Meanwhile, ASEAN leaders might view the summit as a way to maintain their flexible, non-committal stance. These different interpretations could lead to unmet expectations and disappointment for both.

Under Malaysia's 2025 chairmanship, the 46th Asean Summit at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) convened regional leaders amid mounting geopolitical and economic headwinds.

Therefore, ASEAN should call the leaders of RCEP members to meet during the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in October. Signed in 2020 and entered into force in 2022, ...

The 46th ASEAN Summit highlighted regional security, economic resilience, and Myanmar’s crisis, amid great-power tensions, internal divisions, and evolving partnerships with Europe and global actors ...

The U.S. government’s “reciprocal tariffs” have prompted a rapid overhaul of trade blocs in the Asia-Pacific, especially in ...

Anwar described the summit as a “new chapter in Asean’s journey of outward-looking engagement,” underscoring the trilateral potential of a combined population exceeding 2.15 billion and a ...

The next summit will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, later in 2025, under Malaysia’s chairmanship of ASEAN, offering a platform to further strengthen these ties. The attendance of heads of state ...

SINGAPORE — United States President Donald Trump's tariffs, especially the ultra-high 'reciprocal' levies that he says will be reintroduced on July 8 for any country that has not struck a trade deal ...

The ASEAN-China-GCC summit built on three established bilateral frameworks: China–ASEAN, China–GCC and ASEAN–GCC. Institutional momentum has grown steadily, with the China–GCC Strategic Dialogue ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 27-28, 2025, the inaugural ASEAN-China-GCC Summit and Economic Forum 2025 took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. EPG ("EPG"), a leading ...