| Let me be clear, the European Union should not allow foot-dragging by individual member states of ASEAN to veto progress. |
| It said a protocol would be signed during the pre-summit ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting in Singapore in November. |
| Diplomatic overtures are also being made to France, Canada and Japan as well as to ASEAN countries. |
| We need to consider the possibility of looking at a coalition of the willing and able among ASEAN who can, if you like, sign off on an agreement. |
| Indeed, this is the origin of the key ASEAN principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. |
| Traditionally, the ASEAN exercises non-interference in the internal political issues of its own members. |
