ASEAN’s external partnerships key to regional resilience: Vivian Balakrishnan

MANILA – ASEAN’s partnerships with countries around the world remains one of the regional grouping’s greatest strengths, Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said on July 22. “They have helped to advance our shared prosperity, strengthen our resilience, and contribute to peace and stability in our region and beyond,” he said in a Facebook post after attending a series of post-ministerial conferences on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila. Discussions with ASEAN’s dialogue partners covered issues including digital economy, green transition, supply chain resilience and people-to-people connectivity, he added. As Singapore’s country coordinator for ASEAN-Japan dialogue…