First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo had brief encounters with the top diplomats of China and Japan in Malaysia on Thursday, marking the first such in-person exchanges between senior diplomats of the three Asian neighbors since the launch of the Lee Jae Myung government.

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Foreign ministers from China and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have discussed bolstering economic ties.

Foreign Minister Sugiono emphasizes the importance of ASEAN's collective and strategic steps to maintain relevance amid increasingly complex global geopolitical and geoeconomic pressures.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia to address rising tensions over Russia's actions in Ukraine. The talks occur amidst heightened US-China trade disputes and efforts to bolster Indo-Pacific relations.

Asean foreign ministers, trade ministers and economy ministers will be consolidating their approach towards improving intra-Asean trade, says Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.