The fourth Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) wrapped up in Tokyo , Japan , on Jan. 17 after adopting a Tokyo Declaration.

The declaration calls for strengthened activities and interactive relations through FEALAC frameworks to tap the great potential of the cooperation between the two regions and together cope with challenges they are facing at present and in the future.

It also calls for continued international efforts to help earthquake victims in Haiti and help the country overcome the consequences of the natural disaster, which hit the Caribbean nation on January 12.

The two-day FEALAC FMM, which were attended by foreign ministers and senior officials from 34 member countries, including 16 from East Asia and 18 from Latin-America, approved reports and made decisions on the Forum’s activities in accordance with proposals at the 9 th and 10 th Senior Officials Meetings in Argentina in April 2009 and in Japan on January 14-15, 2010.

The meeting elected Indonesia and Argentina as regional coordinators until the fifth FEALAC Foreign Ministers Meeting scheduled for late 2011./.