The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) took place in Laos’s capital city of Vientiane on July 24 with the participation of 10 Foreign Ministers from ASEAN member countries and the ASEAN Secretary General. 

The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) opened in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos, on July 24 under the chair of Laos, the rotary Chair of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year. 

President Tayyip Erdogan tightened his grip on Turkey on July 23, ordering the closure of thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions in his first decree since imposing a state of emergency after the failed military coup.

Malaysian authorities said on July 23 they had foiled a bomb attack on top police officers and arrested 14 suspected Islamic State (IS) operatives in a week-long operation.

A German-Iranian teenager who shot dead nine people in Munich was a deranged lone gunman obsessed with mass killings who drew no inspiration from Islamist militancy, police said on July 23.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday that killed at least 61 people and wounded more than 200 when it tore through a demonstration by members of the mainly Shia Hazara minority.

The Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) on July 22 banned the distribution and possession of the Al Fatihin newspaper published by Furat Media, a company linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group (IS).

Preparations and agenda for the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings have been completed, with focus on mapping out orientations for the growth of ASEAN cooperation with partners in the framework of ASEAN+3 and East Asia Summit (EAS).

The ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, the Netherlands, on the Philippines’s lawsuit against China’s claims in the East Sea is a proper judgment and in conformity with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, stated former Indian Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha.

VOV.VN - The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) and related meetings are underway in Vientiane, Laos on July 23 - 26.