ASEAN Foreign Ministers issue statement on floods, landslides in Southeast Asia

HANOI: ASEAN Foreign Ministers on Tuesday issued a statement on recent floods and landslides that caused huge losses of life and property in Southeast Asian nations, Vietna news agency (VNA) reported.

In the statement, the ministers expressed their profound sympathy and condolences over huge losses of life and property as well as negative impacts caused by floods and landslides on people’s lives in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Thailand.

ASEAN affirmed solidarity with the governments and people of the affected countries, saying that the bloc is willing to provide them with necessary support in this difficult time.

-BERNAMA