ASEAN foreign ministers meet South Korea and New Zealand counterparts

Record ID: 905482

  • Title: ASEAN foreign ministers meet South Korea and New Zealand counterparts
  • Date: 6th August 2017
  • Summary: MANILA, PHILIPPINES (AUGUST 6, 2017) (HOST BROADCASTER POOL) VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER KANG KYUNG-WHA AND ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS INTERLOCKING HANDS FOR PHOTO (MUTE) VARIOUS OF MEETING IN PROGRESS KANG SPEAKING BEHIND DESK (SOUNDBITE) (English) SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER, KANG KYUNG-WHA, SAYING: "My government is committed to expanding our diplomatic horizon and reaching out to diverse partners, and we regard ASEAN as a key partner in this endeavour." MEETING IN PROGRESS ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS AND NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTER GERRY BROWNLEE WALKING TO STAGE (MUTE) BROWNLEE AND ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS INTERLOCKING HANDS FOR PHOTOS MEETING IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW ZEALAND FOREIGN MINISTER, GERRY BROWNLEE, SAYING: "We see it (ASEAN) as being a particularly important body to represent the aspirations of the region, of the world, that of the history of those 50 years have become progressively more economically important to the rest of the world, but also achieved an enormous amount for people who live in this part of the world." MEETING IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 20th August 2017 04:33
  • Keywords: ASEAN foreign ministers Kang Kyung-Wha meeting New Zealand Gerry Brownlee
  • Location: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • City: MANILA, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016T0OFGL
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held talks with South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-Wha and New Zealand's Gerry Brownlee in a regional meeting on Sunday (August 6).
    South Korea and New Zealand are both ARF (ASEAN Regional Forum) nations.
    North Korea's tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), are expected to dominate ARF's Monday' (August 7) meeting, which gathers 27 foreign ministers - including those of Russia, Japan, the United States, China and North and South Korea - to discuss security issues.
    Taking a stronger tone than previous statements on the stand-off, the ASEAN foreign ministers had called for North Korea to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions on its nuclear programme, and make a positive contribution to regional peace.
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