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Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Attends a Reception on the 30th Anniversary of the National Day of the Lao PDR

9 December 2005 - The Hon. Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng, Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade attended the ASEAN Ministerial Meetings held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The meetings were held prior to the ASEAN Summit and its related summits scheduled for 12 to 14 December 2005. Foreign and Economic Ministers began their formal meetings to lay the groundwork for the upcoming series of summits.

The 11th ASEAN Summit will begin on 12 December 2005 followed by related summits, including the ASEAN+3 (ASEAN plus China, Japan and South Korea) and the

inaugural East Asia Summit (EAS), involving the 10 ASEAN member states, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.

The ASEAN Economic Ministers then signed documents of the Agreement to Establish and Implement the ASEAN Single Window; the Agreement on the Asean Harmonised Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulatory Regime and the Mutual Recognition Arrangement of Engineering.

Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng also attended the ASEAN-China Ministerial Meeting. At this meeting, a report was submitted comprising a review of the ASEAN-China dialogue relation in the last 15 years and a set of recommendations to strengthen the relations in the next 15 years and beyond.

In the afternoon, Pehin Dato Lim Jock Seng with other ASEAN Foreign Ministers Plus Three attended a Working Lunch, and later proceeded to attend the ASEAN-Japan Foreign Ministers Meeting.