WORKING TOGETHER

Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Surin Pitsuwan (center) gives a Thai souvenir to Guangdong province’s Communist Party Secretary Wang Yang as witnessed by ASEAN’s Deputy Secretary-General Tandi Dammen on Friday. ASEAN and China’s Guangdong province sign-ed a memorandum of understanding at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta to increase collaborative activities between the regional bloc and China. (JP/J. Adiguna)