Asean meeting under Thai chair to discuss contentious issues next week in Chiang Mai
FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2019
Asean foreign ministers will next week gather in the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai to brainstorm on various vexing issues, including the Rakhine crisis, South China Sea, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and an Indo-Pacific Strategy aiming to maintain its “centrality” for regional security architecture.