KUALA LUMPUR: Asia must assume greater responsibility for its own security and establish frameworks to ensure its safety and uphold its interests, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Monday.
Speaking at the 26th Asia-Pacific Roundtable themed, "Asian Security Order and Governance", here, Najib said Asia needed to change its mindset that had heretofore been programmed to focus on economic development at the expense of security issues.
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