On July 11th Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had a conversation with the U.S. president “on the margins” of the NATO summit in Brussels to discuss bilateral trade tensions. PM Justin Trudeau (1st L) arrives at the NATO summit on July 11, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium The conversation focused on trade, including efforts to revamp the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement and the ramifications for those talks of Mexico’s presidential election, from which left-leaning populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador emerged victorious. The conversation was “positive,” one official said. But Trudeau appeared to be far from Trump’s orbit during the traditional gathering of leaders for the NATO family photo op and ceremony, standing quietly to the side as Trump chatted with Britain’s Theresa May, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Luxembourg PM Xavier Bettel. Trump held several official bilateral meetings, some 2,000 journalists … [Read more...] about Trudeau, Trump talk trade during sideline meeting at NATO summit
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ASEAN Foreign Ministers issue Joint Communiqué
“JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 49th ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING VIENTIANE, 24 JULY 2016 ‘TURNING VISION INTO REALITY FOR A DYNAMIC ASEAN COMMUNITY’ We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 24 July 2016 at the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Vientiane, Lao PDR, under the theme “Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community”. His Excellency Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lao PDR, chaired the Meeting. ASEAN COMMUNITY BUILDING ASEAN Community Vision 2025 1. With the formal establishment of the ASEAN Community on 31 December 2015, we resolved to continue deepening and advancing ASEAN community building as well as regional integration. We reaffirmed our commitment to the full and effective implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the three new Blueprints which set out the future direction for a politically cohesive, economically … [Read more...] about ASEAN Foreign Ministers issue Joint Communiqué
Joint Communiqué of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Foreign ministers at the ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting as part of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting issued a Joint communiqué in Vientiane on July 24. The following is the full text of the joint communiqué. “JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 49th ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING VIENTIANE, 24 JULY 2016 ‘TURNING VISION INTO REALITY FOR A DYNAMIC ASEAN COMMUNITY’ We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 24 July 2016 at the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Vientiane, Lao PDR, under the theme “Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community”. His Excellency Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lao PDR, chaired the Meeting. ASEAN COMMUNITY BUILDING ASEAN Community Vision 2025 1. With the formal establishment of the ASEAN Community … [Read more...] about Joint Communiqué of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Vietnam to attend G20 summit for the first time
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will lead a Vietnamese delegation to attend the G20 summit in Canada on June 25-28 as the ASEAN president. Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (1st, R) discusses with participants in the World Economic Forum on East Asia early June. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to attend G20 summit for the first time
ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 4/11
HCMC hosts screening of American Documentary Films American filmmaker Steve Klein and film expert Melinda Levin arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to take part in a screening of American Documentary Films on November 2. Steve Klein presented his movie titled “Make Believe” to Vietnamese audience. A coming-of-age journey set in the quirky subculture of magic, “Make Believe” follows six of the world's best young magicians as they pursue the title of Teen World Champion magicians and leads us through their personal journeys of transformation through stage magic. “Make Believe” was the winner of Best Documentary in the Los Angeles Film Festival 2010 and Audience Award in Austin Film Festival 2010. The event is being organized by the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City. His Holiness visits VietnamHis Holiness The Gyalwang Drukpa is in Vietnam for a preaching trip from November 1-17 under the invitation of the Hanoi Buddhist Association to commemorate the … [Read more...] about ART & ENTERTAINMENT IN BRIEF 4/11