Arrangements Quote by Sellapan Ramanathan

Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a…

— Hassanal Bolkiah

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

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

— Moon Jae-in

You are slowly developing some multinationals of your own. We certainly hope that some of them will look in this direction when they look…

— Sellapan Ramanathan

The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.

— Samuel P. Huntington

“In the end, everyone came to the conclusion that however ungainly, however inefficient, however elliptical ASEAN's ways are, it's still better than not having…

— George Yeo

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

— Nirmala Sitharaman

What we have to do is make our way in Asia ourselves with an independent foreign policy. Our future is basically in the region…

— Paul Keating

The ASEAN is located at the center of the Indo-Pacific region and is critical for achieving a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

— Yoshihide Suga

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

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

— Sushma Swaraj

Our diaspora provides a platform for a stronger relationship between India and ASEAN countries.

— Sushma Swaraj