As Prime Minister John Howard flies out to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Summit, he has commented on the ASEAN Non-Aggression Treaty.
The Opposition’s Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, also commented on the treaty.
ASEAN is the Association of South-East Asian Nations. The organisation was formed in 1967. Its members are: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), and Vietnam.
Australia and New Zealand attend the Leader’s Summits but neither country is a formal member of ASEAN. [Read more…]