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22 July 2008 -
His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed
Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs
and Trade, today attended the ASEAN
Plus Three Foreign Ministers Meeting
at the Shangri-La Hotel in
Singapore. The Meeting brought
together the Foreign Ministers of
ASEAN Member States, the People’s
Republic of China, Japan, and the
Republic of Korea. Ministers
reviewed the progress of ASEAN Plus
Three cooperation and discussed
outstanding regional and
international matters.
His Royal Highness expressed
appreciation for the good progress
made in ASEAN Plus Three
cooperation, and the efforts being
made by China, Japan and Korea in
the Six-Party Talks. His Royal
Highness emphasised the importance
of the ASEAN Plus Three process, and
highlighted the need to cooperate in
addressing current challenges,
especially the global financial
situation, and food and energy
security.
Today’s meeting ended with an ASEAN
press conference on the Release of
the Post Nargis Joint Assessment
Report. |
