Foreign Ministers Open ASEAN Meeting in Burma

Foreign ministers and representatives from across Southeast Asia have begun talks in Burma, also known as Myanmar, in the first high-level ASEAN meeting since the once isolated country joined the grouping in 1997.In his opening remarks in the ancient city of Bagan, Burmese Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin stressed the importance of strengthening relations with its strategic partners, China and India, in order to achieve a planned ASEAN community by 2015. Burmese presidential spokesman Ye...

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