Three Challenges Loom over ASEAN Centrality
ASEAN has ensured that it will uphold and maintain its centrality amid the three main challenges looming over the region.
The 37th ASEAN Summit was opened virtually, Thursday (12/11/2020). Vietnam to host.
HANOI, THURSDAY — ASEAN has ensured that it will uphold and maintain its centrality amid the three main challenges looming over the region, namely the COVID-19 pandemic, the security dynamics in the South China Sea as well as the regional and global economic cooperation, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in his opening remarks at the 37th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday (12/11/2020).
“Being fully aware of the opportunities and challenges facing our region, ASEAN, in the spirit of self-reliance, has been of sound mind and steadfast in pursuing a balanced and harmonious approach so as to maintain its centrality without being swayed or drawn into the regional and international maelstroms,” Nguyen said.