Asia & Pacific
(Front row L-R) Myanmar Permanent Secretary Hau Khan Sum, Malaysia's Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amran Mohamed Zin, Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, East Timor's Foreign Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Vietnam's Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, Singapore's Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Albert Chua, Brunei's Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof, Cambodia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, Indonesia's Director General for ASEAN Cooperation Ina Hagniningtyas Krisnamurthi, Laos Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane and ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a photo with representatives from the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) Representatives during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting on July 20 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay, Metro Manila. (POOL/AFP/Ezra Acayan )
Indonesia will use this week's ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings in Manila to push for a more resilient, forward-looking and strategically independent regional bloc, arguing that Southeast Asia must strengthen its internal cohesion as geopolitical rivalries and global conflicts increasingly spill into the region.“For Indonesia, the keyword this week is resilience, particularly against future upheavals,” Foreign Ministry ASEAN cooperation director general Ina Krisnamurthi said in Manila on Monday.
