| Author (Corporate) | European Commission: Press and Communication Service |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | IP/04/1178 (5.10.04) |
| Publication Date | 05/10/2004 |
| Content Type | News |
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Preview of the Asia-Europe Meeting - the ASEM 5 Summit - in Hanoi, Vietnam 7-9 October 2004. The summit was attended by European Commission President Romano Prodi and Commissioner Pascal Lamy. It celebrated the enlargement of ASEM to include 39 partners, including the 10 new members of the EU, and 3 new members on the Asian side: Cambodia, Laos and Burma/Myanmar. The Summit was thus a landmark in Asia-Europe relations. Discussions covered political, economic and cultural issues of interest to both sides, and looked forward to a new phase of development of the ASEM relationship. In parallel with the Summit, Pascal Lamy discussed with his Vietnamese counterpart the EU-Vietnam bilateral deal for Vietnam's accession to the WTO, where significant progress had been made in previous months. |
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| Countries / Regions | Asia, Europe |
