That will take a leap of faith from countries like Singapore, which has a special place in ASEAN.

虽然对于诸如新加坡这类在东盟内部具有特殊地位的国家而言，这还需要在信念上迈出巨大的一步。

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China would like to establish one economic and trade cooperation zone with each ASEAN member state within five years.

中国愿意在五年内同每个东盟成员国共建一个经贸合作区。

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Thailand would like to bring closer its cooperation with China in these areas and supports China to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN and to play a greater role in Asian affairs.

泰方愿与中方在这些领域密切合作。泰国支持中国加强与东盟的合作并在亚洲事务中发挥更大的作用。

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"What we want to do, along with friends like the Philippines and other ASEAN members is to encourage,urge, persuade the leadership of Burma to enter into this dialogue with their own people-to create the conditions for legitimacy that should be apparent when you have an election, and that is what we are looking to achieve,"

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Meanwhile, and this one is only beginning to return to the sights of the wider world, mass contagion remains a regular agenda item for organizations like ASEAN, the Southeast Asian official grouping.

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Today, the Permanent Delegation continues to work even more closely with UNESCO, Permanent Delegations, Electoral Groups, Regional Groupings like the G 77 and China, the ASEAN UNESCO Committee, and as well other international organizations like the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Secretariat in Bangkok, Thailand in addressing some of the current, global challenges that are confronting the organization.

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The attention given to North Korea and the big powers left many of the core ASEAN members feeling like wallflowers.

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