As tensions rise in the Gaza strip, ASEAN ministers expressed concern
over the regional impact of conflicts in the Middle East.
“Leaders appealed to end the violence
in Gaza, particularly to end the killing of innocents,” Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Secretary of State Kao Kim Hourn said in a briefing yesterday.
Dozens of people have been killed
in violence that has lasted less than a week. “[The] issue has given rise to...
insecurity,” ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said a day earlier.
“In that spirit, the ministers
discussed how that situation is going to unfold, how it’s going to impact many
things that will be relevant to us. Certainly the price of energy, certainly
the transport, certainly the fallout from any tension, any violence, and
confrontation there is going to have an impact into the region too.”
The Middle East is by far the
region’s largest oil importer, providing upwards of 80 per cent of Asia’s
supply, Surin said.
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