Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been reaching out to other Asean leaders including Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, and has initiated two separate meetings on Myanmar in Bangkok this past week. — Reuters
THE Indonesian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Wednesday that Foreign Minister Sugiono would not attend the informal Asean foreign ministers’ meeting in Bangkok on Friday as he would be accompanying President Prabowo Subianto at the Developing Eight (D8) Summit in Cairo. The ministry’s director-general for Asean cooperation, Sidharto Suryodipuro, attended the Bangkok meeting on the minister’s behalf.
This is the second time since Prabowo’s inauguration that Indonesia has sent a concerning message to its regional neighbours, following the joint statement of Prabowo and Chinese President Xi Jinping on cooperative projects in areas of overlapping maritime claims last month.
