MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE  ATTENDS THE ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ RETREAT


HRH Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and HE Dr. Surin Pitsuwan,
Secretary-General of ASEAN.



 

20 February 2008 - His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, today attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Working Lunch and Retreat at Sentosa, Singapore.

Before the start of the Retreat, a ceremony was held in which the Secretary-General of ASEAN acknowledged the depository of the Instrument of the Ratification of the ASEAN Charter by Brunei Darussalam which was submitted on 15 February. The Secretary-General also received the respective Instruments of Ratification of the ASEAN Charter from Lao PDR and Malaysia.

During the afternoon’s Retreat, the ASEAN Foreign Ministers discussed international and regional affairs, particularly the follow-up work on the ASEAN Charter.

Their Royal Highnesses will leave Singapore for Brunei Darussalam tomorrow.