Our diaspora provides a platform for a stronger…

Our North East region will prosper when it is better connected to South East Asia, and when the North East becomes our bridge to…

— Sushma Swaraj

With South East Asian nations, ASEAN countries, with some of them, we do have defence cooperation, and we continue with them.

— Nirmala Sitharaman

These are important markers in our engagement with South East Asia, in enhancing our strategic ties with ASEAN across 3 Cs. These 3 Cs…

— Sushma Swaraj

India's engagement with the ASEAN region lies in the clarity of the principles that we share.

— Sushma Swaraj

I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.

— George Papandreou

There's nothing more true in being a child of a diaspora, a child of immigrants. We're completely new to our parents. We're not something…

— Junot Diaz

Assuming the chairmanship of ASEAN isn't going to do anything about improving the lives of people.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

There was a time in the mid-1950s when the Philippines was in the same league as Japan economically and academically. Fifty years down the…

— Lucio Tan

Do not let ASEAN become a playing card for the competition among major countries.

— Nguyen Phu Trong

For Korea, ASEAN has undoubtedly been a special and valued friend.

— Moon Jae-in

When I hear people flatteringly say, 'You're an expert on East Asia...' I'm certainly an observer of East Asia, and central Asia, and ASEAN,…

— Jenny Shipley

India's difficulties in negotiating an FTA with both the ASEAN and E.U. are a reminder of the importance of multilateralism.

— Sanjaya Baru

My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are…

— Anonymous

I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example…

— Najib Razak

We hope that through these trade arrangements, through collaboration in training, in manpower development, and what have you, ASEAN in, say, ten years' time,…

— Sellapan Ramanathan