Haze, Asean-China Talks In Brunei
By Azlan Othman

Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei will host a series of meetings in the upcoming months.

The 2nd Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee Meeting on Haze will be held on February 18, 2007 followed by the 12th Asean Ministerial Meeting on Haze on March 1, 2007 and 2" Conference of Parties to the Asean to the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution on March 2, 2007.

Meanwhile the Asean Secretariat revealed that from March 19-21, 2007, the 811 Asean-China Joint Cooperation Committee meeting will be held.

The seventh meeting of the China-Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Joint Cooperation Committee in Nanning, China last year has agreed that their bilateral strategic partnership oriented to peace and prosperity has continued to advance.

The Joint Cooperation Committee, set up in 1997, acts as an annual dialogue and coordination mechanism between China and Asean.

Meanwhile from May 1-4, 2007, the Sultanate will host Preparatory-Senior Economic Officials Meeting (Prep-SEOM) as well as Senior Economic Officials Meeting-European Union Consultation (SEOM-EU) and with Australia's Trade Representative.

The Asean Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat as well as consultations with the European Union and US Trade Representative will also be held.

From July 3-4, the 15th Working Group on Accreditation and Conformity Assessment (WG2) and 20th Working Group on Standards and Mutual Recognition Arrangements (WG1) will take place.

From October 2-3, the 10th meeting of the High Level Task Force on the Drafting of the Asean Charter will be held and the 21st Asean Small and Medium Enterprise Agencies Working Group will also take place in October. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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