The foreign relations of Laos,internationally designated by its official name as the Lao People's Democratic Republic,after the takeover by the Pathet Lao in December 1975,were characterized by a hostile posture toward the West,with the government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic aligning itself with the Soviet bloc,maintaining close ties with the Soviet Union and depending heavily on the Soviets for most of its foreign assistance. Laos also maintained a "special relationship" with Vietnam and formalized a 1977 treaty of friendship and cooperation that created tensions with China.
The least developed countries (LDCs) are developing countries listed by the United Nations that exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development. The concept of LDCs originated in the late 1960s and the first group of LDCs was listed by the UN in its resolution 2768 (XXVI) on 18 November 1971.
Han Seung-soo is a South Korean politician and diplomat. He served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea from 29 February 2008 to 28 September 2009. He was the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Special Envoy on Climate Change (2007–08) and for Disaster Risk Reduction and Water (2013–18),Special Advisor to the UN/World Bank High-Level Panel on Water (2016–18),Member of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation Agency,Member of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel for Global Sustainability,Founding Chair of Global Green Growth Institute,Temasek International Panel Member (2004–18) and Independent Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered plc (2010–2019).
Robert Goebbels is a former Luxembourgish politician,and a former Member of the European Parliament for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party,part of the Party of European Socialists.
Anwarul Karim Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi diplomat most noted for his work on development in the poorest nations,global peace and championing the rights of women and children. In a speech he gave in 2005,Chowdhury stated:"We should not forget that when women are marginalized,there is little chance for an open and participatory society." In his role as the leading United Nations Culture of Peace emissary,he said in May 2010 that peace efforts would continually fail until people embraced humanity's oneness.
The ASEAN Summit is a biannual meeting held by the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in relation to economic,political,security,and socio-cultural development of Southeast Asian countries. In addition,it serves as a prominent regional (Asia) and international (worldwide) conference,with world leaders attending its related summits and meetings to discuss various problems and global issues,strengthening co-operation,and making decisions. The summit has been praised by world leaders for its success and ability to produce results on a global level.
Under the Basic Law,Macau's diplomatic relations and defence are the responsibility of the central government of China. Except diplomatic relations and defence,nonetheless,Macau has retained considerable autonomy in all aspects,including economic and commercial relations,customs control.
Thongloun Sisoulith is a Laotian historian and politician serving as General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party since 15 January 2021 and President of Laos since 22 March 2021.
Dalius Čekuolis is a Lithuanian career diplomat who was Lithuania's Permanent Representative to the UN from 2006 to 2012,and since 2019 is Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania. Previously,he served as the President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC),a primary organ of the United Nations (2007),Chair of the Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms to Prevent,Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects (2008),Co-Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the General Assembly (2010-2011),as well as the Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs and an ambassador of Lithuania to several European countries.
Rosario Manalo,is a Filipino career diplomat,political scientist,and educator in the Philippines. She is the Special Representative of the Philippines to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and has served as undersecretary of Foreign Affairs in charge of International Economic Relations from 1997 to 2001. Moreover,she has served as Philippine ambassador to Sweden,to France,to Belgium and to the European Economic Community.
The Mekong–Ganga Cooperation (MGC) was established on November 10,2000,at Vientiane,Laos at the First MGC Ministerial Meeting. It comprises six member countries,namely India,Thailand,Myanmar,Cambodia,Laos and Vietnam. The four areas of cooperation are tourism,culture,education,and transportation. The organization takes its name from the Ganga and the Mekong,two large rivers in the region.
The Royal Lao Government in Exile (RLGE) is a Laotian government in exile opposed to the Lao People's Democratic Republic established on May 6,2003,and seeks to reinstall a constitutional monarchy in Laos. The RLGE also seeks to end what it sees as the Vietnamization of Laos and the Lao-Viet special Brotherhood Treaty. It was most recently headed by then Prime-minister Khamphoui Sisavatdy and King Soulivong Savang.
Lieutenant Colonel Boniface Guwa Chidyausiku is a Zimbabwean diplomat who served as Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Russia from 2011 to 2015. Chidyausiku participated in the Zimbabwe Liberation War as a member of ZANLA from 1975 to 1980,which led to the attainment of National Independence and multiracial democracy. He was attested and commissioned with the rank of Lt Colonel in the Zimbabwe National Army. He went back to college in 1982 and obtained a BA History [Honours] Degree,and a Master of Science Degree in International Relations from the University of Zimbabwe.
The ASEAN–European Union relations are the bilateral foreign relations between the two organisations;the European Union (EU),and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). EU and ASEAN have been interacting with each other on the economic,trade,and political levels for more than four decades. The partnership between the EU and ASEAN dates back to 1972,when the EU established ties with ASEAN. The EU became an ASEAN Dialogue Partner in 1977.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia or commonly known by its abbreviation Kemlu,is an Indonesian government ministry responsible for the country's foreign politics and diplomacy. The ministry was formerly known as the Department of Foreign Affairs until 2008 when the nomenclature changed with the enactment of the 2008 State Ministry Act.
The enlargement of the Associationof Southeast Asian Nations is the process of expanding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) through the accession of new member states. This process began with ASEAN's five original members,who founded the association through the signing of the Bangkok Declaration in 1967. Since then,the ASEAN's membership has grown to ten with the accession of Cambodia in 1999.
Zohrab Hrachiki Mnatsakanyan is an Armenian diplomat. Mnatsakanyan previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Armenia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Prak Sokhonn is a Cambodian politician,diplomat and journalist who currently serves as a member and first vice president of the Senate. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2023 and Deputy Prime Minister from 2018 to 2023.
Andy Rachmianto,is a career diplomat and government official. He is now Director-General for Protocol and Consular Affairs/Chief of State Protocol,Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Republic of Indonesia.
