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Cập nhật 24/07/2008 14:05:00

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says the government's proposal for an Asia Pacific community has received a warm response at regional talks in Singapore.

Mr Smith told the Association of Southeast Asian Nations none of the existing groups is comprehensive enough to allow all the major players to co-operate on both security and economic issues.

Malaysia and Indonesia gave a cool response to the proposal that the government put forward last month, but Mr Smith says there's now a willingness to explore the notion.