Other first-world countries from the Commonwealth of Nations seek to coordinate with the ASEAN.

• • Asean disaster response warehouse launched in Camp Aguinaldo

A new satellite warehouse aimed at allowing swift mobilization and distribution of relief items to disaster-hit member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was launched on Monday at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.

• • Australia seeks to bolster relations with ASEAN

Australia is seeking to bolster ties with ASEAN member countries as the regional grouping introduced its Indo-Pacific geostrategic concept at the ASEAN Summit in Bangkok last week, emphasizing its centrality in the region.

• • Top Diplomats Gather In Bangkok for Key Asia-Pacific Talks

Top diplomats from the Asia-Pacific region started gathering Tuesday in the Thai capital to discuss issues of concern to the area, including security on the Korean peninsula and China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.

• • Asean: Southeast Asian power engine

The 52nd Meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Foreign Ministers was held in Thailand on Tuesday (July 30).

• • Britain looks to ASEAN for post-Brexit trading opportunities

British foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Thailand on Wednesday to attend a meeting of 10 South East Asian countries, searching for new trading opportunities and stronger diplomatic ties ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Union.

• ASEAN and Republic of Korea (ROK) strengthen strategic partnership

ASEAN and the ROK agreed to further advance cooperation in areas of mutual interest including counter terrorism, transnational crime, cyber security, maritime cooperation, digital economy

• Asean to jointly tackle fake medicines

Asean health officials have agreed to jointly work together to combat the distribution of fake medicines, including those being sold online.

• US reaffirms enduring ties, strategic cooperation with ASEAN

On the tenth commemoration of the promotion of the United States to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, Washington celebrates its enduring relationship and flourishing strategic cooperation with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

• ASEAN-Japan Music Festival 2019 to be held

The ASEAN-Japan Music Festival 2019 will take place at the National Convention Centre, My Dinh, Hanoi, on July 28, with the participation of Vietnamese singers Noo Phuoc Thinh, Dong Nhi and Trong Hieu, as well as many international artistes.

• Rohingya Crisis: Dhaka seeks NAM, ASEAN member states’ role

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York Ambassador Masud Bin Momen has urged the NAM member states including the ASEAN neighbours of Myanmar to remain engaged and put in more efforts so that Myanmar authorities do not fail in taking the Rohingyas back.