The ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and South Korea) senior officials gathered
Friday to discuss and prepare documents for their leaders in the ASEAN-China
Summit in November.
The meeting was co-chaired by
Soeung Rathchavy, secretary of state of Cambodia's Foreign Ministry, Chinese
Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Akitaka
Saiki and South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kyou-Hyun.
Speaking to reporters after the
meeting, Rathchavy said the meeting focused on the preparations for the
commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the ASEAN+3 cooperation in November.
"The cooperation between
ASEAN and Plus Three Countries is very good and it is very crucial to continue
to sustain the momentum and further strengthen the cooperation through the
existing mechanisms and all initiatives," she said.
She added to honor the 15th
Anniversary of the ASEAN+3 Cooperation, Cambodia will organize the ASEAN+3 Youth
Leaders Symposium in Phnom Penh on September 27-28, and the ASEAN+3 Cultural
Performance in Siem Reap, the cultural city of East Asia on November 2- 3.
According to the official
schedule, during the November summit, the ASEAN+3 leaders are expected to adopt
the ASEAN+3 Leaders'Joint Statement on the Commemoration of the 15th
Anniversary of ASEAN+3 Cooperation and the Leaders' Statement on ASEAN+3
Partnership on Connectivity.
Later in the day, Chinese Vice
Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai also attended the East Asia Summit (EAS)'s senior
officials meeting.
The meeting was held between
senior officials of ASEAN and EAS countries namely, ASEAN member states,
Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the United
States.
The official schedule shows that
during the East Asia Summit in November, the leaders will adopt the Declaration
of the 7th East Asia Summit on Resistance to Anti-malarial Medicines and the
Declaration on the Launching of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
Negotiation.
Founded in 1967, the Association
of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
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