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Russia and China United in Defending ASEAN Central Role in Region, FM Lavrov Says

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PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (Sputnik) - Moscow and Beijing are united in their efforts to promote the central role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations... 13.11.2022, Sputnik International

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The minister noted that Western countries paid "lip service" to the role of ASEAN, while in reality pushing their own agenda and promoting confrontational mechanisms and instruments.Lavrov also stated that the West had been promoting formats in the region that are not open to all comers and involve the militarization of the region with the obvious aim of containing China and Russian interests in the Asia-Pacific. Both Moscow and Beijing understand this and make efforts to prevent this, according to the minister.ASEAN is a political and economic union founded in 1967 to promote economic, political, defense and cultural cooperation among Southeast Asian countries. Its 10 members include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. China has been an ASEAN full Dialogue Partner since 1996.Russia has also been closely cooperating with ASEAN for several decades. In 1991, the Dialogue ASEAN — Russia was launched, with Moscow later evolving to a full Dialogue Partner of ASEAN in 1996.

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Russia and China United in Defending ASEAN Central Role in Region, FM Lavrov Says

10:26 GMT 13.11.2022 (Updated: 10:44 GMT 13.11.2022)

© AFP 2023 / TANG CHHIN SOTHYA Cambodian police officer (R) walks past the ASEAN logo in front of the Peace Palace during the 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) in Phnom Penh on July 8, 2012. Efforts to ease tensions in the South China Sea will dominate this week's Asian security dialogue in Cambodia, analysts say, while the US will be at pains to stress it seeks cooperation, not rivalry, with China.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (Sputnik) - Moscow and Beijing are united in their efforts to promote the central role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Southeast Asia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday.

"Together with them [Chinese partners] we defend the expediency and the need to preserve the formats that have been created around ASEAN, we defend the need to respect and in the future the central role that ASEAN plays... in this region and in the surrounding region. But the West has its own plans," Lavrov told reporters on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit that took place in Cambodia's capital of Phnom Penh.

The minister noted that Western countries paid "lip service" to the role of ASEAN, while in reality pushing their own agenda and promoting confrontational mechanisms and instruments.

Lavrov also stated that the West had been promoting formats in the region that are not open to all comers and involve the militarization of the region with the obvious aim of containing China and Russian interests in the Asia-Pacific. Both Moscow and Beijing understand this and make efforts to prevent this, according to the minister.

© Sputnik / Russian Foreign Ministry / Go to the mediabankRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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ASEAN is a political and economic union founded in 1967 to promote economic, political, defense and cultural cooperation among Southeast Asian countries. Its 10 members include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. China has been an ASEAN full Dialogue Partner since 1996.

Russia has also been closely cooperating with ASEAN for several decades. In 1991, the Dialogue ASEAN — Russia was launched, with Moscow later evolving to a full Dialogue Partner of ASEAN in 1996.