Source: Xinhua
Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) started talks on integration mechanisms and increasing cooperation in the economy, politics and security here Wednesday.
The EU-ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting is expected to conclude with the signing of the Madrid Declaration, establishing future targets for bilateral cooperation and reviewing progress on the Nuremberg Action Plan, signed by both blocs in 2007, and the Phnom Penh Meeting (Cambodia), held in May 2009.
This year sees the 30th anniversary of the signing of the 1980 Cooperation Agreement between the EU and ASEAN that opened the door for economic and political exchanges.
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