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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kek, Peggy, editor. | Container of (work): Goh, Chok Tong, 1941
Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), a bridge between East and West. |
Asia-Europe Meeting, honouree.
Title: 20 years of Asia-Europe relations / [edited by] Peggy Kek.
Description: New Jersey : World Scientific, [2016] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016015757| ISBN 9789813140233 (hardcover) |
ISBN 9789813140240 (softcover)
Subjects: LCSH: Asia-Europe Meeting. | Asia--Foreign relations--Europe. |
Europe--Foreign relations--Asia.
Classification: LCC DS33.4.E85 C45 2016 | DDC 327.504--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016015757
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About Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an intergovernmental forum for dialogue and cooperation established in 1996 to deepen relations between Asia and Europe, which addresses political, economic and socio-cultural issues of common concern.
ASEM brings together 53 partners: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, the Lao PDR, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Viet Nam plus the ASEAN Secretariat and the European Union.
For more information, please visit www.aseminfoboard.org
About Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) promotes understanding, strengthens relationships and facilitates cooperation among the people, institutions and organisations of Asia and Europe. ASEF enhances dialogue, enables exchanges and encourages collaboration across the thematic areas of culture, economy, education, governance, public health and sustainable development.
ASEF is an intergovernmental not-for-profit organisation located in Singapore. Founded in 1997, it is the only institution of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).
Together with about 750 partner organisations ASEF has run more than 700 projects, mainly conferences, seminars and workshops. Over 20,000 Asians and Europeans have actively participated in its activities and it has reached much wider audiences through its networks, web-portals, publications, exhibitions and lectures.
For more information, please visit www.asef.org
ASEM Summits in Pictures
1st Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM1) Bangkok, Thailand, 1996
2nd Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM2) London, United Kingdom, 1998
3rd Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM3) Seoul, South Korea, 2000
4th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM4) Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002
5th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM5) Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2004
6th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM6) Helsinki, Finland, 2006
7th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM7) Beijing, China, 2008
8th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM8) Brussels, Belgium, 2010
9th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM9) Vientiane, Lao PDR, 2012
10th Asia-Europe Meeting Summit (ASEM10) Milan, Italy, 2014
Contents
Ambassador ZHANG Yan
Executive Director
Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
Peggy KEK
Former Director of Public Affairs
Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
Chok Tong
Former Prime Minister
Singapore
Chimediin SAIKHANBILEG
Prime Minister
Mongolia
ZENG Peiyan
President of China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE)
China
Frank-Walter STEINMEIER
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Germany
Anies BASWEDAN
Minister of Education and Culture
Republic of Indonesia