Brunei: Asean meetings to be all virtual in 2021; no local Covid-19 case for 261 days

Brunei's Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Erywan Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya Haji Mohd Yusof. - Borneo Bulletin/Asian News Network

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 23 (Borneo Bulletin/Asian News Network): Asean foreign ministers are comfortable with the ministerial and senior officials meeting being held virtually this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Erywan bin Pehin Datu Pekerma Jaya Haji Mohd Yusof told the media after the Asean Foreign Ministers Retreat meeting held via video conference.

Physical meetings may be held once everyone is immunised, he said.