Seeing the larger picture
By Chen Xiangyang | China Daily | Updated: 2012-04-13 08:07
Asian nations should not let external forces disrupt the trend for peace, cooperation and development in the region
This year marks the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and Cambodia, the current rotating chair, hosted the association's 20th summit earlier this month.
The summit focused on implementing the ASEAN Charter and realizing the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015, and several outcome documents were adopted including the Phnom Penh Declaration on ASEAN: One Community, One Destiny.
Photo
