Sellapan Ramanathan

Apprehension is natural, but it must not be concluded that it is a threat. Certainly not. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#certainly #concluded #must #natural #threat

China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#away #basic #beyond #call #china

In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#china #entered #maintained #nations #position

My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#countries #development #members #my own #new

The question of peace, progress and prosperity, it's a motherhood statement, all of us like it. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#motherhood #peace #progress #prosperity #question

We hope that through these trade arrangements, through collaboration in training, in manpower development, and what have you, ASEAN in, say, ten years' time, will be a very different ASEAN. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#asean #collaboration #development #different #hope

You are a large country, you have many resources, and you have people who are highly capable. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#country #highly #large #many #people