The EU comes to South-East Asia


With the EU, there is a significant opportunity for the Asean countries to deepen new relationships beyond their traditional defense partners. — Reuters

IF we really want Asean to emerge stronger from the ongoing crises caused by the pandemic, then the regional bloc is in need of new allies and the European Union is one of them.

It can really become a win-win situation as the latter is trying to expand its global outreach while the former is in need of resources, not only financial but also in the form of new ideas and in terms of a new level of ambition in building a strong regional institution, something with which the Europeans could certainly help.

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