Association of
Southeast Asia Nations leaders will endorse a declaration creating a drug-free
zone among members in the next three years.
The 10 Asean leaders expect to endorse the declaration at their summit
meeting in Phnom Penh next week.
Arthayudh Srisamoot, director-general of the Foreign Ministry's Asean
Affairs Department, said the government has pushed for the drug-free zone with
Asean members for some time, and was pleased to see the declaration finally
come into being. The government regarded the zone as an important part of its
campaign against drugs.
"Asean will try to give more cooperation and more coordination on
drug policy as well as exchanging experiences among members," he said.
Cambodia will host the Asean Senior Officials meeting tomorrow and
Saturday, a Foreign Ministerial Meeting on Sunday and Monday, and the leaders'
meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr Arthayudh said Thailand will host a
seminar on cross border management in June between Asean and Japan, South Korea
and China to discuss rules and regulations for free flows of trade in the
region.
The Asean leaders will also discuss haze and drug and human
trafficking, he added.
The leaders are to praise Myanmar for making progress with political
development after it invited Asean members and the media to observe its
by-elections this weekend. Asean hopes Myanmar will move toward becoming a
visa-free country for Asean citizens by 2015.
bangkokpost.com
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