GMM Aspires To Capitalise On Multi-Racial ASEAN Community

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- The Global Movement of Moderates (GMM), as an ASEAN-endorsed agenda, wants to offer itself as a platform to build bridges and to capitalise on the multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-religious ASEAN community. Global Movement of Moderates Foundation executive chairman and chief executive officer, Dr Nasharudin Mat Isa in a statement Tuesday said they strongly believed that the region's diversity is a source of strength in the promotion of moderation, thus strengthening ASEAN unity, and ultimately towards peaceful co-existence in the region. “We aspire to create a critical mass among the moderates who yearn for peace and progress to take place. One of our initiatives that will be rolled out starting 2018 is the ‘Diversity & Inclusion Youth Conference’ (DIYC),” he said, adding that the DIYC would be aimed at mobilising Malaysian youths as well as those across the ASEAN region. He also said that ASEAN had made remarkable strides in promoting regional cooperation and contributing towards peace, progress and prosperity in the region since its inception in 1967. “ASEAN is one of the few regional groupings that has been able to sustain itself and stay relevant in today's world affairs, thanks in part to the leadership of the 10 member states that has wisely utilised ASEAN for engagement, dialogue and conflict resolution,” he added in the statement in conjunction with Asean Day, Tuesday. -- BERNAMA