Press Release: EU-ASEAN: ever closer

EU Foreign Ministers will meet their ASEAN counterparts 27-28 May in Phnom Penh. The main outcome of the meeting should be the endorsement of the second phase of the Action Plan implementing the Nuremberg Declaration adopted in 2007 to increase cooperation between the two regions. The meeting will also discuss the recent advances in ASEAN integration, as well as issues of mutual concern such as the global economic crisis, food and energy security, and the environment. This biennial EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting will be attended by representatives from the European Commission, EU Member states and the 10 ASEAN countries: Brunei, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.