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26th ASEAN Summit "very positive": Malaysian PM

Xinhua, April 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said here Monday that the 26th ASEAN Summit was "very positive with immense desire to see the 10-member country grouping emerge as a strong community."

"The grouping of 10 nations is bound to have its differences but those differences would be manageable," he said, expressing confidence in ASEAN moving forward in a more cohesive and united manner.

"I believe the notion of ASEAN as a community will become stronger and more meaningful as the year goes by," he told a press conference.

Najib said 2015 will be a milestone in the history of ASEAN as the vision of creating a single community will be realized by the end of December.

It is ASEAN's collective duty this year to formulate a successor document to the Roadmap to Establish the ASEAN Community, he said, adding "This will provide the basis for how we further strengthen our unity and deepen our integration over the next 10 years, taking us up to 2025."

"These are two crucial undertakings for charting a bold, inclusive and forward-looking future for ASEAN and its peoples," he said.

ASEAN, established in 1967, comprises 10 countries -- Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Endi