Monday, May 09, 2011

ASEAN chair Yudhoyono highlights issues addressed at 18th summit

May 09, 2011
Xinhua

The chair of the ASEAN, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono highlighted ten issues addressed at the 18th ASEAN Summit conclude on Sunday.

Speaking at final press conference to the conclusion of the 18th ASEAN Summit, President Yudhoyono said that the main issue discussed during the summit was the efforts to establish Single Connectivity vision targets on 2015.

"Efforts to materialize this vision must be conducted swiftly by each country in the region as well as cooperation between countries in the region to do so,"the president told the press conference.

The following essential issues discussed during the summit were food and energy security, conflict management in the region, regional architecture, efforts to create ASEAN as a people- centered organization.


"The global sharp fluctuation of food and energy prices in the last six months have led to systematic changing towards efforts to alleviate public prosperity. Future cooperation among ASEAN countries and dialogue partners is essential to address the food and energy security issue,"Yudhoyono said.

Citing to efforts in settling the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand in their border, the Indonesian president said that peace solution has been exercised to prevent conflict from escalating. Other issues addressed at the summit were the need to improve disaster mitigation cooperation, sub-region cooperation among ASEAN countries and preparations towards the conduction of East Asia Summit (EAS) scheduled to take place in Indonesia in June.

"The upcoming EAS would be attended by the United States and Russia that would be joining the regional architecture group. This is an opportunity for ASEAN to improve its role in improving the economy, stability and security in Asia Pacific region," Yudhoyono noted.

Yudhoyono also said that Timor-Leste's plan to join the bloc was also discussed during the summit. It would be discussed further in the next ASEAN Summit to be held in Bali later this year.

Delegations in the summit were also approved on the switching of ASEAN chairmanship between Myanmar and Laos. With the switching, Myanmar will hold the ASEAN chair in 2014 and Laos in 2016.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thai today politic is almost the same USA politic in Vietnam from 19 60 t0 1975.
During this time, Thai helped the US to bomb Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, because the US Army only have the virus of communist in their mind. They feel, they was able to eliminate the communist in Vietnam by doing the big wars. But Vietnam won the war with the help of Cambodia and Laos. The US lost the war and leave the innocent people alone.
Now, the Thai government is going into the same situation of attacking Cambodia. Because Thai has the Khmer virus in their body and mind. They have the feeling, must eliminate the Khmer included Khmer Surin plus other Khmer descents in Thailand from this planet. Afterward they can inform the world, that Thai is the descent people of the former Khmer King Jayavarman.
But please, remembered at the end we real Khmer will win this fight without Vietnam again the Thai aggressors, because we have the Khmer blood and know, what we are fighting for.

Anonymous said...

Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten

By Ms. Rattana Keo

Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?

Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?

Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?

The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer every day.

Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?

Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?

Koh Tral was a Cambodian island, and technically and legally, remained a Cambodian island until today.

Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,

Anonymous said...

Thai is an asian trator of the southeast asia since world war i and world war 2. Thai allowed the white to use their country to attack all asian nations including but limited to, USSR, Viet, Khemer, Chinese, Japany, Burma, Loas, Indonesia and more. In other words they helped the white to attack their neighbouring countries instead of loving your neighbours like you loved yourself. Therefore, now is the time to reflect back about what went wrong in southeast asia. The end has to come and it has to be done on earth and as it is in heaven. Asian nations have to make Thai nation pay for what they have done for over centuries.

I warned Thai to stay away from Khmer but they insisted to continue to do more harm, so from here there will be no more mercy on for you since you have done so much damaged to us. It is called "karma' and now is the time for all asian nations to come together targeting the Thai trator.

Wisdom