ASEAN Summit Next Week
The annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be held next week in the Philippines, a month after originally scheduled.
The government canceled the gathering in mid-December at the last minute, when a typhoon threatened Cebu, the city where the gathering is being held.
There was also an apparent terrorist threat. Shortly before the meeting, several Western embassies warned that Islamic militants might be in the final stages of planning attacks in the Philippines. However, Manila denied security was the reason for the postponement.
Among the issues that will be addressed in the meeting are a counter-terrorism convention and a charter proposal that would give the ASEAN more clout in enforcing agreements among the member nations.
[Source: VOA News]
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