ASEAN leaders at the summit are expected to discuss the progress made towards achieving the ASEAN Community by the end of the year and the direction of the 10-member grouping's post-2015 vision.
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| File photo of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (Photo: AP/Koji Sasahara) |
SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will make a two-day trip to Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi, Malaysia for the 26th ASEAN Summit. He leaves Singapore on Sunday (Apr 26).
ASEAN leaders are expected to discuss the progress made towards achieving the ASEAN Community by the end of the year and the direction of the 10-member grouping's post-2015 vision.
Singapore's Foreign Affairs Ministry said the leaders will also exchange views on regional and international issues.
They will meet the ASEAN Business Advisory Council as well as representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly, Civil Society Organisations and ASEAN Youth.
Mr Lee will be accompanied by Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang, Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam, as well as other officials.
Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister, Co-ordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs, will be the Acting Prime Minister from Apr 26 to 27, 2015.
Source: Channel News Asia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/pm-lee-heads-to-malaysia/1806734.html
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