ASEAN wants to work together as regional organisation: Secretary-General

Moscow, Oct 15 (Sputnik/UNI) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) wants to work together as a regional organisation, Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn said, adding that the ASEAN countries may begin transition to digital payments in 2027. "Well, I don't think we ever tried to put ourselves into a single nation. We want to work together as a regional organisation representing now 11 member states, with a population of almost seven hundred million people," Kao told Sputnik. He said the organisation is trying to determine what it can do in addition to build a single market. "We are looking at…