Brunei Joins ASEAN Ministerial Meeting In Jakarta Today

Bandar Seri Begawan – The 37th Asean Ministerial meeting (AMM) and the 11th Asean Regional Forum and Post-Ministerial Conferences will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia for four days starting today.

Much will be discussed during the meetings especially progress in many areas of cooperation within the regional association.

The AMM and subsequent meetings will be held at the Jakarta Convention Centre, JCC.

More than 500 delegates are expected to attend the meetings, including delegates from Brunei.

The Asean Foreign Ministers will also meet in a 'retreat' format.

This is the first formal meeting of the Asean Foreign Ministers since the Bali Summit in October 2003. It is particularly crucial in light of the task entrusted by the 9th Asean Summit to finalise plans of action for the attainment of an Asean Community in 2020.

The Asean Community concept is a manifestation of the wish of Asean countries to closer and mutually beneficial integration among them and among their people, and to promote regional peace and stability, security, development and prosperity.

More specifically, the AMM is mandated to approve the plans of action for the Asean Security Community (ASC) and the Asean Socio-Cultural Community which will subsequently be endorsed by the next Asean Summit in November 2004 in Vientiane, Laos.

Meanwhile, 23 Asia-Pacific countries are participants to the Asean Regional Forum. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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