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Ukraine signs a friendship agreement with Southeast Asian nations

10 November 2022

Ukraine on Thursday (10 November), signed a friendship and cooperation agreement with Southeast Asian countries. This largely symbolic step is part of Ukrainian efforts to garner international support in the face if the current Russian aggression.  

Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Koeleba signed the agreement at the start of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), taking place in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.

The ASEAN summit kicks off a series of three top-level meetings in Asia, with the Group of 20 Summit in Bali to follow and then the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Bangkok.

 

source: commonspace.eu with agencies
photo: Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Koeleba in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. AP

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