On Cancellation Of Asean Summit The Jakarta Globe, Monday, April 13, 2009
Due to the unfortunate turn of events in Pattaya, Thailand, the 14th Asean Summit and related summits, scheduled to take place on April 10-12, 2009, will be postponed. The postponement of the summits comes at a time when the world is looking toward Asean and East Asia to contribute to solutions for the ongoing financial and economic crisis. The leaders were expected to discuss plans to cope with the crisis following the Group of 20 summit in London on April 2-3, 2009. Leaders from Asean, China, Japan and South Korea were also expected to convene in Pattaya to discuss ways and joint responses to boost the regional economies as well as to encourage the early conclusion of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilaterization by their finance ministers, which has been enlarged to $120 billion following the 13th Asean Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Pattaya. The postponement also delayed the signing of the Asean-China Investment Agreement as well as discussion on other pressing issues that the world is facing now, such as food and energy security and disaster management. Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general of Asean, appealed for a peaceful end to the protests: “It is for the interest of all the 570 million people in Asean that leaders of Asean and East Asia are able to come together to discuss and synergize efforts to cope with the many challenges that the world is grappling with now. Many people are affected by these challenges, and it is imperative that we do not let these efforts be derailed at the expense of the people. I would like to appeal for a peaceful end to the protests at the earliest time possible.” Office of the Secretary General of Asean Source: THE JAKARTA GLOBE URL: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/letters/article/16343.html Lebih aman saat online. Upgrade ke Internet Explorer 8 baru dan lebih cepat yang dioptimalkan untuk Yahoo! agar Anda merasa lebih aman. Gratis. Dapatkan IE8 di sini! http://downloads.yahoo.com/id/internetexplorer/ ------------------------------------ http://www.SuratPembaca.info Komunitas Surat Pembaca IndonesiaYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surat-pembaca/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/surat-pembaca/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
