Foreign ministers from Asean, key partners to meet in Jakarta this week

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JAKARTA – Asean’s foreign ministers and their counterparts from China, Russia, the United States and other key partners will meet in Indonesia’s capital city for a series of annual meetings starting on Tuesday. Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan will attend the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) and its related meetings, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Monday. “The 56th AMM will review Asean’s Community Building efforts and reaffirm Asean centrality and unity amid the evolving regional architecture,” said the ministry. Asean centrality is a concept that refers to the regional grouping being in the driver’s seat...