Today, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hosted a working luncheon with Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States. @ASEAN consists of 10 member states – #Brunei, #Burma, #Cambodia, #Indonesia, #Laos, #Malaysia, #Myanmar, the #Philippines, #Singapore, #Thailand, and #Vietnam. This year marks the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and 40 years of U.S.- ASEAN diplomatic engagement. The United States has partnered with ASEAN and its member states on economic engagement, security, rule of law, sustainable development, human rights, and people-to-people programming. #ASEAN
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