The foreign minister of Association of Southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) have endorsed former Thai foreign minister Surin Pitsuwan as the next secretary general of ASEAN, the 10-nation bloc announced on Thursday.
Leaders of the ASEAN will confirm the appointment of Surin for a five-year term at their November summit in Singapore. He will succeed Singapore's Ong Keng Yong beginning Jan. 1, 2008.
The 57-year-old Surin served as Thailand's foreign minister from 1997 to 2001.
Founded in 1967, ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
Source: Xinhua
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