Excluding Myanmar from Japan’s ASEAN Summit Criticized

Monday, December 18, 2023

Courtesy of MOFA)

By Caroline Garcia

TOKYO- Monday December 18, 2023 ( PanOrient News)

Myanmar’s exclusion from the ASEAN-Japan Summit of December 16-18, marking the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, has been criticized by Myanmar’s diplomatic sources as contrary to the very principles of the ASEAN charter. The sources added that Japan’ negativity toward Myanmar ignored the country’s three decades of active participation - a participation that will continue with ASEAN community ...

Myanmar makes rice donation to those displaced in the Gaza Strip

Friday, November 24, 2023

Central Yangon

PanOrient News

YANGON: Myanmar’s Interfaith Friendship Organization, on behalf of the Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Muslims and other followers of the different religious faiths practiced in Myanmar, will donate 3,000 tons of rice to the displaced people in the Gaza Strip as humanitarian assistance.

Myanmar and its people are also going through challenging times at present, facing internal conflicts inside the country leading to displacement of people in some areas, but empathize with...

A historic visit heralds a new emerging world

Friday, October 6, 2023

Ambassador Muhammad Hassanein Khaddam

By Muhammad Hassanein Khaddam
Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to China
BEIJING: The visit of the President and the First Lady of the People's Republic to China represented a shift in bilateral relations, especially with the signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement and other agreements that consolidated the “Heading East” policy launched by the President when he visited China in 2004.

This policy builds on historical ties between Syria and the Asian countries both economical...

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