The Joint Ministerial Statement of the 8th ASEAN+3 Finance Ministers’ Meeting Istanbul, Turkey, 4 May 2005
Introduction
1. We, the Finance Ministers of ASEAN, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN+3), convened our eighth meeting in Istanbul, Turkey under the chairmanship of H.E. Chansy Phosikham, Minister of Finance of Lao PDR.
2. We exchanged views on recent economic and financial develo

