Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
SINGAPORE - Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to "exert utmost efforts" to find a peaceful solution to their border stand-off at a disputed temple, Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo said Sunday.
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
SINGAPORE: It is too early for North Korea to become a dialogue partner with ASEAN. Singapore's Foreign Minister and current chairman of ASEAN, George Yeo, said this in a wide-ranging interview with the local media ahead of next week's ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM). Mr Yeo said such a decision would depend on the extent of North Korea opening up its economy and if it desires closer engagement...
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
SINGAPORE: Seven ASEAN members, including Myanmar, have ratified the grouping's Charter so far. The Charter is aimed at making ASEAN a rules-based organisation. Speaking to the Singapore media ahead of next week's ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Singapore, Foreign Minister George Yeo is hopeful the remaining countries - Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines - will do so by the end of the year....
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
SINGAPORE : There's no telling how ASEAN will be hit by the looming economic slowdown in the US, even as India and China continue to growth, but the grouping must make building a robust regional political structure its key priority, said Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo.
Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, is greeted by Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo upon arrival for a dinner reception during the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore Wednesday, July 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Roslan Rahman, Pool) OK, I was trying to figure out what Condi's doing in Singapore other than the dinner parties and the dressing up,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
... While delegates watched, Pak signed the document and turned it over to Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo, the outgoing ASEAN chairman. The applause over North Korea's accession to the treaty was a contrast to the ARF's chairman's statement which welcomed a June account of its nuclear weapons programme but emphasized "the need to verify its completeness and correctness."The foreign ministers...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Last updated July 24, 2008 1:32 a.m. PTNorth Korea signs ASEAN nonaggression pactTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSNorth Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun, center, is greeted by Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers, from left to right, Malaysia's Rais Yatim, Singapore's George Yeo, Myanmar's Nyan Win and the Philippines' Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alberto Romulo after the signing...
Time (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... "It makes a lot of sense to conduct such exercises," said host Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo. It is important to have "a common vocabulary so that we don't misunderstand each other when we are in a hurry." The ministers gathered for the annual security conference of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and its 17 partners. They cover virtually half the world — from...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
... "It is a good thing to have an organization like ASEAN," she told Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo. "I think it has become really a place where people can rally and try to solve problems. I think you are doing a good job."Singapore holds the ASEAN chairmanship. Rice held bilateral meetings with her counterparts from China, Russia, South Korea and Japan before convening with North Korea...
ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, sits with Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo...
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, POOL)U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, sits with Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial Meetings Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in Singapore. Rice hopes to judge North Korea's seriousness about abandoning nuclear weapons when she holds the Bush administration's highest-level talks in four years...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to have an organization like ASEAN under the circumstances," Rice told Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo. "I think it has become really a place where people can rally and try to solve problems. I think you are doing a good job."Singapore holds the ASEAN chairmanship. Rice was holding bilateral meetings with her counterparts from China, Russia, South Korea and Japan before convening with...
Examiner (Free subscription) | yesterday
(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, POOL)U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, sits with Singapore's Foreign Minister George Yeo during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Ministerial Meetings Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in Singapore. Rice hopes to judge North Korea's seriousness about abandoning nuclear weapons when she holds the Bush administration's highest-level talks in four years...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of Cambodia, but also to peace and stability in the region," he said in a letter addressed to George Yeo, the foreign minister of Singapore, which is leading the regional meeting.A Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman, Tharit Charungvat, said that Cambodia was within its rights to appeal to the Security Council but that "we believe that bilateral options are still not exhausted."A statement from...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
... minister quoted Nyan Win as hinting that Aung San Suu Kyi could be released within six months.George Yeo said on Monday that Myanmar’s foreign minister had told him that according to law a political detainee could be held for a maximum of six years, and that the limit was approaching in about “half a year’s time”.The remarks were widely reported as offering a new glimmer of hope for Aung...
