SINGAPORE -- Despite some initial difficulties, the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations preserved its cohesion as a credible regional organization to end a weeklong series of annual meetings on a good note late last month in Vientiane:
* ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting
* ASEAN-Plus-Three (Japan, China, South Korea) foreign ministers' meeting
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