Foreign Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its Dialogue Partners pose for a group photo at the conclusion of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting and the 14th ASEAN Regional Forum. They are (first row, from left) Thailand's Nitya Pibulsonggram, East Timor's Adaljiza Magno, the United States' John Negroponte, Vietnam's Le Cong Phung, Singapore's George Yeo, Philippines' Alberto G. Romulo, Australia's Alexander Downer, Bangladesh's Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Brunei's Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Cambodia's Hor Namhong, Canada's Leonard J. Edwards, China's Yang Jiechi; (second row, from left) Russia's Sergey Lavrov, Papua New Guinea's Christopher Mero, Pakistan's Khurshid Mahmud Kauri, New Zealand's Winston Peters, Myanmar's U Nyan Win, Mongolia's Tsolmon Tserendash, Malaysia's Syed Hamid Albar, Lao's Thongloun Sisoulith, South Korea's Song Min-soon, Japan's Taro Aso, Indonesia's Nur Hassan Wirajuda, India's Shri Pranab Mukhererjee, Euroupean Union's Javier Solana, North Korea's Pak Ui Chun and ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong.

 

2 August 2007 - His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, this morning attended the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Retreat at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila. The ARF Foreign Ministers discussed a wide range of regional and international security matters, including ways to enhance cooperation.

In the afternoon, Ministers resumed their discussions at the plenary session of the ASEAN Regional Forum.

His Royal Highness spoke on the need to meet modern security threats with professional planning aimed at ensuring that all countries in the region were well prepared to respond efficiently and effectively to any emergency.