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PM Abhisit to attend ASEAN summit in Vietnam
BANGKOK, Oct 27 -- Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will attend a series of meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including the ASEAN Summit, this year being held in Hanoi, Vietnam from Thursday through Saturday (Oct 28-30).
With the theme of "Towards the ASEAN Community, From Vision to Action," the Summit and related meetings will focus on ASEAN community building, external relations development, tackling global challenges and other regional and international issues.
Mr Abhisit told reporters that ASEAN would press ahead its Community ideal even as some countries still have problems with their own regulations.
Thailand wants mostly to see are cooperation on social, political, cultural and security developments, he said, adding that Thailand would push for more participation from the civic sector.
ASEAN announced at its 9th Summit in Oct 2003 its intention to create an ASEAN Community based upon three pillars: the ASEAN Security Community, the ASEAN Economic Community and an ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. One year later it established the Vientiane Action Programme to realise this goal.
The Thai premier said the talks with dialogue partners would focus on regional issues including terrorism, maritime security, G20 meeting to be held in South Korea.
The 17th ASEAN Summit will draw leaders from the ten ASEAN members including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.
Following that, ASEAN leaders will hold annual ASEAN Plus One Summits with China, Japan, South Korea and India respectively. Besides, ASEAN this year will also hold summits with Russia, Australia, New Zealand and the United Nations respectively.
The ASEAN Plus Three Summit will draw leaders of ASEAN countries and China, Japan and South Korea.
The East Asia Summit (EAS), or the so-called ASEAN Plus Six, will be held between the leaders from the ASEAN member countries and the leaders of six ASEAN dialogue partners, namely China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
The EAS meeting this year invited United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate as special guests.
Next year the EAS summit will be enlarged by two new members, the United States and Russia.
ASEAN leaders at the meeting are expected to pass three documents including a work plan on ASEAN integration, a declaration of ASEAN leaders on human resource development and skills for economic recovery and sustained development, and a declaration on the welfare promotion for women and children.
ASEAN and its dialogue partners are expected to pass a series of documents including an ASEAN-China declaration on sustainable development, an ASEAN-South Korea declaration on strategic partnership for peace and prosperity, and the Hanoi Joint Declaration on 5th anniversary of EAS. (MCOT online news)
With the theme of "Towards the ASEAN Community, From Vision to Action," the Summit and related meetings will focus on ASEAN community building, external relations development, tackling global challenges and other regional and international issues.
Mr Abhisit told reporters that ASEAN would press ahead its Community ideal even as some countries still have problems with their own regulations.
Thailand wants mostly to see are cooperation on social, political, cultural and security developments, he said, adding that Thailand would push for more participation from the civic sector.
ASEAN announced at its 9th Summit in Oct 2003 its intention to create an ASEAN Community based upon three pillars: the ASEAN Security Community, the ASEAN Economic Community and an ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community. One year later it established the Vientiane Action Programme to realise this goal.
The Thai premier said the talks with dialogue partners would focus on regional issues including terrorism, maritime security, G20 meeting to be held in South Korea.
The 17th ASEAN Summit will draw leaders from the ten ASEAN members including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.
Following that, ASEAN leaders will hold annual ASEAN Plus One Summits with China, Japan, South Korea and India respectively. Besides, ASEAN this year will also hold summits with Russia, Australia, New Zealand and the United Nations respectively.
The ASEAN Plus Three Summit will draw leaders of ASEAN countries and China, Japan and South Korea.
The East Asia Summit (EAS), or the so-called ASEAN Plus Six, will be held between the leaders from the ASEAN member countries and the leaders of six ASEAN dialogue partners, namely China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
The EAS meeting this year invited United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate as special guests.
Next year the EAS summit will be enlarged by two new members, the United States and Russia.
ASEAN leaders at the meeting are expected to pass three documents including a work plan on ASEAN integration, a declaration of ASEAN leaders on human resource development and skills for economic recovery and sustained development, and a declaration on the welfare promotion for women and children.
ASEAN and its dialogue partners are expected to pass a series of documents including an ASEAN-China declaration on sustainable development, an ASEAN-South Korea declaration on strategic partnership for peace and prosperity, and the Hanoi Joint Declaration on 5th anniversary of EAS. (MCOT online news)
