Asean SummitThe ASEAN is an organization composed of ten countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia. The world will be interested to know how the ASEAN countries will react to the Chinese incursions. It should be noted that only five ASEAN countries – the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia – border the South China Sea. While geographic proximity to China has been beneficial in terms of trade, this has also led to serious tension between China and most of the ASEAN countries. The ASEAN countries have so far failed to come up with a united stand with regards to the Myanmar issue.

Source: Philippine Star September 06, 2023 21:57 UTC