The Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( Asean ) Summit will be held in Malaysia on May 26 through May 27. Leaders from South Asian countries will come together for the summit to discuss pressing regional issues like financial cooperation, security, and sustainable development. The future two-day Asean mountain will feature important topics like the civil discord in Myanmar, the ongoing maritime disputes in the South China Sea, and new US tariff increases, according to news agency Associated Press. A conference with Taiwanese Premier Li Qiang and GCC officials from Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates may follow the meeting in Malaysia. At a press briefing on Wednesday night, Anwar claimed he even “wants to be near to China” and that the GCC now has close ties to the US. We want to have that collaboration to boost business investments and promote more efficient collaboration, he continued.
Troubles at Asean at the moment
Asean nations have experienced tariffs ranging from 10 % to 49 % that the US hasimposed. US President Donald Trump announced a 90-day halt to the levies next month, prompting nations like Malaysia and Singapore to start business deals with Washington right away. Anwar claimed that the US had promised to” sympathetically” review Malaysia’s case. He added that Asean is working on agreements with the US in the future. He also emphasized the need to improve economic ties with China, India, and the European Union. As the union continues to cooperate with both nations, he assured that the US-China conflict won’t cause division in Asean. He brought up Myanmar’s continuous military conflict and territorial issues between Asean people and China in the South China Sea. Asean was assured by Anwar that the speech and regional balance would continue to be at the forefront. Anwar and the opposition’s National Unity Government had online discussions with Myanmar’s military chief common Ming Aung Hlaing in Bangkok last month. Anwar said he hoped the talks would gradually advance a peace procedure despite the focus of the discussions on humanitarian aid. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of the Myanmar’s dictatorship, was denied access to Asean meetings by the military because it disobeyed the bloc’s harmony plan, which demanded access to and negotiations for humanitarian aid. The military, according to critics of the military authorities, prevents help from reaching a number of locations and accuses it of violating its own peace by conducting repeated attacks.
