ASEAN and the world

(CPV) - "In this unprecedented situation, UK's 2016 referendum, let me stress that we are clear and united in our response with regard to EU trade policy, the policy area that I am responsible for”, Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström on EU Trade Policy has said.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has decided to appoint Rose Gottemoeller from the US as the next Deputy Secretary General. ‎

The opening ceremony of the 5th International Music Festival of Asia-Pacific region (APFest) has been held in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

The second ASEAN-China youth exchange visit opened in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on June 27th with the participation of 236 delegates representing young people from the 10 ASEAN member countries and China.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced a Cabinet reshuffle on June 27th to fill vacant positions.

(CPV) - ADB has disbursed a 7-year USD150 million loan to PNB Housing Finance Limited, which will support purchases of badly needed affordable housing units across India.

(CPV) - ADB and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) signed a co-advisory services agreement on June 27th 2016 to provide the co-advisory services to the East Container Terminal (ECT) of Colombo Port.

Thailand has high hopes that its efforts and advantages will earn the country a non-permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council though the competition is tight, said permanent Secretary of Thai Foreign Ministry Apichart Chinwanno on June 24th.

(CPV) - ADB approved a USD500 million loan on June 24th 2016 to build a bridge across India’s Ganges River.

Cambodia burnt down 1.5 tonnes of marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin, which were seized from crackdowns on drug crimes, in response to the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (June 26th).

(CPV) - ADB has approved a new USD275 million loan for water efficiency improvements in Dhaka that will build on ongoing ADB projects to expand water supply in the fast-growing city.

US President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency after at least 26 people died as a result of flooding in West Virginia.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha and Myanmar State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi reached consensus on workers’ rights and trade cooperation during their meeting on June 24th.

On June 23rd, a tornado accompanied by hailstorms, thunderstorms and lightning hit Yancheng city, Jiangsu province in China, killed at least 78 people and injured over 500 people, 200 among them critically injured.

(CPV) - “There's no hiding the fact that we wanted a different outcome of June 23rd's referendum. I am fully aware of how serious, or even dramatic, this moment is politically”, said EC President Donald Tusk in a recent press release.

Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid announced that Egypt has won membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council.

(CPV) - ADB signed a USD300 million equivalent loan facility with Beijing Capital Co., Ltd. (Beijing Capital) to support water and wastewater service upgrades in the western region of the country.

Governor of Thailand’s Nan province Suwat Promsuwan met with Governor of Laos’ Sainyabuli province Pongsawan Sidthawong to sign a Thai-Lao border security agreement to enhance border cooperation.

At least 180 members of the US Congress have recently signed a letter calling on the House of Representatives to approve a resolution to repeal the US Department of Agriculture’s catfish inspection programme.

(CPV) - Bond yields in most emerging East Asian markets continued to track lower from March 1st to May 15th 2016 as investors factored in forecasts of continued slow growth for the global economy, ADB’s latest Asia Bond Monitor said.

(CPV) - ADB President Takehiko Nakao and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Director General Matthew Morell signed an agreement to promote food security in Asia and the Pacific by scaling up collaboration on disseminating research and other knowledge on the role of advanced agricultural technologies in providing affordable food for all.

(CPV) - The Tibar-Gleno section of a road project supported by ADB has been completed with an inauguration ceremony held on June 20th 2016 to mark its opening.

Severe rain has hit many parts of Thailand's capital Bangkok, causing flooding in many areas and worsening the already chaotic traffic during rush hour.

On June 21st, nearly 100 people were killed and dozens injured in a series of lightning strike in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand in India.

On June 22nd, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appointed Minister of Electricity Imad Khamis as the new Prime Minister of the country.

Chinese state media reported on June 21st that at least 22 people were killed in severe flooding in southern China.

On June 20th, EgyptAir agreed with insurance companies to compensate each family of the victims of flight MS804 with USD25,000, chairman and CEO of EgyptAir Holding Company Safwat Mosallam said.

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Thailand and Cambodia will maintain close ties and deepen existing cooperation, especially on issues of border affairs and labour, Thailand’s Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and his Cambodian counterpart Prak Sokhonn agreed at a meeting in Bangkok on June 20th.

(CPV) - ADB and the Government of Pakistan today signed an agreement for a USD100 million loan to build the remaining 64-kilometer section of the motorway (M-4) connecting Shorkot and Khanewal in Punjab province.