Japan pledged to continue its strong support to ASEAN Communitybuilding efforts and consider ASEAN’s needs beyond 2015 with a view ofensuring competitiveness and promoting equitable development in thebloc.
According to a press release of the ASEANSecretariat, ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh on July 1 met withJapan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the 46th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM 46) and related meetings inBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
At the meeting, FM Kishidahighlighted that in celebrating the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-JapanFriendship and Cooperation this year, Japan will host an ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit in December.
For his part,Secretary-General Minh said the summit will issue a document outliningthe medium-to-long term vision of ASEAN-Japan Dialogue Relations andprovide future direction on how to sustain the ASEAN-Japanmulti-dimensional relations.
According to Minh, both sidesneed to develop more concrete projects and activities to effectivelyimplement the ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action for the 2011-2015 period,further support ASEAN integration, narrow development gap and build theASEAN Community by 2015.
The ASEAN secretary generalexpressed his hope that Japan will extend the Japan-ASEANIntegration Fund (JAIF) beyond 2013 to help ASEAN realise the ASEANCommunity by 2015.
In response, Minister Kishida saidJapan would look into the matter and extended his invitation toSecretary General Minh to pay an official Japan visit later thisyear.
ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.-VNA
According to a press release of the ASEANSecretariat, ASEAN Secretary-General Le Luong Minh on July 1 met withJapan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on the sidelines of the 46th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM 46) and related meetings inBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.
At the meeting, FM Kishidahighlighted that in celebrating the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-JapanFriendship and Cooperation this year, Japan will host an ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit in December.
For his part,Secretary-General Minh said the summit will issue a document outliningthe medium-to-long term vision of ASEAN-Japan Dialogue Relations andprovide future direction on how to sustain the ASEAN-Japanmulti-dimensional relations.
According to Minh, both sidesneed to develop more concrete projects and activities to effectivelyimplement the ASEAN-Japan Plan of Action for the 2011-2015 period,further support ASEAN integration, narrow development gap and build theASEAN Community by 2015.
The ASEAN secretary generalexpressed his hope that Japan will extend the Japan-ASEANIntegration Fund (JAIF) beyond 2013 to help ASEAN realise the ASEANCommunity by 2015.
In response, Minister Kishida saidJapan would look into the matter and extended his invitation toSecretary General Minh to pay an official Japan visit later thisyear.
ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.-VNA
