Today President Obama met with the Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a grouping that includes Myanmar, has warned that the Rohingya crisis could destabilise the region.
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Mr. Wahid says that when the Association of Southeast Asian Nations economic committee is in place in 2015, intraregional trade and investments will increase exponentially.
The 10 country Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is progressively converting the four decade old mutual defense organization, into a free trade bloc by 2015.
If this concept is approved by APEC and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which meets in December, it would exist initially only as a database.
The Obama administration views the summit, as well as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as key forums through which to press U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific.
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Next month, the so-called CLM nations -- Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar -- will sign up for the region's most exclusive club, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The head of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Surin Pitsuswan, said he was "very, very relieved" and hoped the move would "contribute to true national reconciliation".
That mission will proceed to Singapore and then join with the president in Thailand, Burma and Cambodia, for a meeting of ASEAN, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Meanwhile, a statement issued after a foreign ministers' meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in New York strongly urged Myanmar's government to exercise restraint and seek a political solution.
The EAS was launched in 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, bringing together leaders of the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and six other Asia-Pacific region countries.
As this year's meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers wound down on July 25, some officials gathered in Bangkok were lamenting that North Korea would inevitably steal the show.
And at the same time it provided foreign ministers in Manila - those from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and their dialogue partners from around the world - an excuse to speak out if they desired.
Concern over North Korea's latest threats is also expected to gain attention over economic issues in the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, being held Wednesday and Thursday in Brunei's capital of Bandar Seri Begawan.
Addressing reporters on Nov. 3, Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan launched an indirect criticism of Kuala Lumpur, saying that while the matter was Malaysia's internal problem, it had far-reaching effects on fellow members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
"Asean markets have done particularly well as foreign investors, especially large institutions, tend to target north Asia, " said Khiem Do, head of Asian Multi-Asset Strategy at Barings Asset Management, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a regional grouping.
"That's very important -- not only does it mean Indonesia's GDP and per capita income are going to rise very substantially ... but also it's very important for the rest of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), because Indonesia is going to act as a growth driver for other ASEAN economies and for Asia regionally, " Biswas said.
Dean is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and oversees operations in the ten member-countries of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations, to which Myanmar belongs.
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