Jakarta (VNA) - The Indonesian government and House of Representatives (DPR)’s Commission-I overseeing foreign, defence and information affairs, will discuss the ratification of the ASEAN Charter next week, local media reported.
"It (discussion) was scheduled on September 8, but we still maintain contacts by phone, so there is no fixed date yet," Foreign Ministry spokesman Teuku Faizasyah was quoted by Antara news agency as saying.
The ASEAN charter discussion will be carried out behind closed doors, Spokesman Faizasyah said.
Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam have already ratified the document which was signed by heads of the ten members of ASEAN during the grouping’s summit in Singapore in 2007.
Three other ASEAN states – Indonesia, the Philippine and Thailand, have yet to ratify the ASEAN charter, which contains 13 chapters and 55 articles.-Enditem
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