Asean charter to be established

ONE FOR THE ALBUM: Leaders posing for a group photograph at the summit. They are (from left) Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Laos' Prime Minister Bounnhang Vorachith, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri AbdullahAhmad Badawi, Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Myanmar’s Prime Minister General Soe Win, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong,Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and Vietnam’s Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

KUALA LUMPUR: Asean leaders agreed to establish an Asean charter to codify all norms, rules, values and reaffirm that agreements signed and other instruments adopted would be legally binding where appropriate.