Kuala Lumpur, July 17 -- Malaysia on July 16 said that the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Caucus will be pivotal in driving the region's peace and stability, with lawmakers at the forefront.

Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Dr Ramli Mohd Nor, who attended the 16th AIPA Caucus in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, said AIPA will remain an integral part of the 10-member grouping that sets the regional agenda for trade, security, and community building.

According to Ramli, within the framework of ASEAN, AIPA will remain an important mechanism because each country's parliament will decide on laws, policies and way forward and this will have an impact on ASEAN.

He said this caucus includes discussions, methods and resolutions that can be acc...