Brunei Attends Asean Economic Conference In Laos

Bandar Seri Begawan - Industry and Primary Resources Minister Pehin Dato Awang Haji Abdul Rahman has left Brunei for Laos.

Pehin Rahman is attending the Informal Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting Retreat and the AEM-EU Consultative Meeting, which will start today until April 4.

It will discuss the result from the 8th Asean Summit held in Phnom Penh, especially the efforts of Asean's economic integration.

Among the agenda discussed was the high level task force status, which was established to give input on economic strategies that can be introduced in Asean, report on Asean competitiveness study and the cooperation of the External Asean Economy, which is already formed such Asean-China, Asean-USTR, Asean-EU, Asean India and Asean-Japan.

In the consultative AEM-EU Meeting, the Economic Ministerial Meeting will discuss with the Asean-EU about issues on trade, investment and economic cooperation.

The AEM Retreat Meeting will also focus on issues related with APEC and WTO especially in preparation for the Ministerial Level Conference to be held in Mexico in September.

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