1. The Twelfth Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) was convened on 29 July 2005 in Vientiane, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR). The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Somsavat LENGSAVAD, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR. 2. The Meeting was attended by the Foreign Ministers of all ARF [...]
1. The ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) 10+1 Sessions with its Dialogue Partners, Australia, Canada, the European Union, New Zealand, the Russian Federation, and the United States; and the ASEAN PMC 10+10 Retreat were held on 28 July 2005 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. 2. The ASEAN PMC 10+1 Session with Australia was co-chaired by the Minister of [...]
1. The Sixth ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers Meeting was held on 27 July 2005 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Mr. Somsavat Lengsavad, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lao PDR. 2. The Ministers expressed their appreciation to Japan for the successful hosting of the Informal ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers Meeting and [...]
The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of [...]
THEME: TOWARDS THE HARMONY, DYNAMISM AND INTEGRATION OF ASEAN INTRODUCTION 1. We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met formally on 26 July 2005 in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), for the first time since the Vientiane Action Programme (VAP), the successor to the Ha Noi Plan of Action [...]
at the Opening Ceremony of the 38th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting Don Chan Palace Hotel, Vientiane, 26 July 2005 Your Royal Highness, Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Government and the Lao people as well as on my own behalf, I would like to extend the most cordial greetings and warmest welcome [...]