Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Singapore over the weekend for the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting and Post Ministerial Conferences.
On the 28th of April 2018, which was the 4th and final day of the 32nd ASEAN Summit, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong held a press conference that highlighted several key points from the biannual gathering.
Singapore’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year is best encapsulated in two words – resilience and innovation.On Saturday, at the opening ceremony of the 32nd ASEAN Summit, Singaporean Prime Minister and ASEAN chair, Lee Hsien Loong articulated that bold vision.He stressed that amid changing geopolitical realities at an international and regional level, ASEAN would have to rapidly adapt or risk falling into irrelevance.
The upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit taking place in Singapore this week will be the 32nd in the association’s history. Apart from all the pomp and splendour of state banquets, red carpet receptions and elbow brushing amongst top regional leaders, there is plenty of work to be achieved during the many high-level meetings at the summit.
