Importance and Assessment of ASEAN
The main objective of ASEAN is South-East Asian A common market was to be established. He has not succeeded in this aim, yet he has Significant progress has been made in the field. The ASEAN activities of 1967 were advisory only. But now it has several plans for joint negotiations on production cooperation, a territorial payment union, an ASEAN shipping service and trade agreements in the European Economic Community. ASEAN also began to play a political role in the seventies. In 1968, Malaysia presented the plan of neutralization of this region. On 27 November 1971, the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN countries accepted the Koala Lumpur Declaration regarding the neutralization of South-East Asia. When the ASEAN countries opposed the Hang Samarin government and then recognized the Hang Samarin government in India, the relations between ASEAN and India were bitter.There are still many mutual disputes and contradictions in the ASEAN countries. For example, Malaysia, Singapore and Malaysia have the dispute over the "Malacca Strait".Tensions often arise due to territorial disputes between the Philippines and Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, and ethnic conflicts between Indonesia and Singapore and Malaysia. These countries are also rivals of each other in foreign markets and foreign capital planning.Thus there are many elements of differences and disputes in ASEAN. Still like K. Of. Datar is of the view, "ASEAN is the most vibrant regional organization in South-East Asia and has stood the test of time."
