Canada and ASEAN Co-operate on Anti-Terror Initiatives
Canadian representatives have signed a co-operation pact at ASEAN's annual meeting. The pact will see Canada and ASEAN member countries formalize intelligence and resource sharing in their anti-terror inititatives. Agreement signatories are encouraged to conform to UN standards in the fight against terror.
Southeast asia has been home to numerous terrorist related incidents including a number of bombings in Indonesia, a barely avoided attack in Singapore, and the actions a number of political-Islamist movements which since 2001 have drawn increasing attention as "terrorist" organizations.
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