The conference runs until January 29and includes meetings of the Committee of Permanent Representatives(CPR) and the ASEAN Coordinating Council Working Group (ACCWG), as wellas the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting (SOM).
The three-day event is organised as the first ASEAN ministerial meeting under Malaysia’s Chairmanship.
To ensure the security at the conference’s location and insurrounding areas, 17 security committees have been established with 650policemen deployed, said Director of the Internal Security and PublicOrder Department Muhammad Fuad Abu Zarim.
Nearly 180 Malaysian and foreign journalists are registered to cover news from the event.-VNA