reports Xinhua:
Foreign ministers of 10 ASEAN nations will meet in Jakarta next week to formalize the ratification of the ASEAN charter, ASEAN Secretariat said here Tuesday.
The group planned to formalize the charter when Thailand holds the 14th ASEAN summit meeting on Dec. 15-18 in Chiang Mai, but the political unrest in the country led to the postponement of the schedule.
“The entry into force of the Charter is a historic milestone for the organization, repositioning ASEAN to better meet the challenges of the 21st century,” Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan said in the statement.