BANGKOK, 13 April 2016 – In a workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand last month, the ASEAN Working Group on Legal Metrology discussed and identified common features to help develop a harmonized ASEAN Guidelines on Type Approval Controls to measure instruments for future implementation. Type Approval controls of legally regulated measuring instruments (like supermarket scales, fuel [...]
JAKARTA, 12 April 2016 - The 17th Meeting of the ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) held in Jakarta yesterday reaffirmed the importance of ASEAN-China partnership and renewed commitments to forge closer cooperation. The Meeting acknowledged the strong momentum to further strengthen ASEAN-China relations. The two sides welcomed the significant progress in the implementation of the [...]
JAKARTA, 12 April 2016 - Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh, welcomed the President of Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and former President of the Republic of Indonesia, H.E. Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, yesterday at the ASEAN Secretariat to discuss potential collaboration on green growth. Currently, five ASEAN Member States are members of GGGI: [...]
BANGKOK, 12 April 2016 – Officials from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar (CLM) participated in the National Accreditation Focal Point (NAFP) Workshop for CLM Countries in Bangkok, Thailand in February 2016, following the 30th Meeting of the ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ) Working Group on Conformity Assessment. Participants exchanged experiences of their [...]
MOSCOW, 11 April 2016 – Senior Officials from ASEAN Member States and the Russian Federation agreed to further broaden and deepen the ASEAN-Russia partnership, which is entering its third decade. This commitment was made during the 13th ASEAN-Russia Senior Officials Meeting (ARSOM) on 5 April 2016 in Moscow. Both sides recognised that the partnership has [...]
JAKARTA, 10 April 2016—The European Union (EU) reiterated its strong commitment and interest in further substantiating the ASEAN-EU Dialogue Relations. This was conveyed by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, H.E. Ms. Federica Mogherini during her meeting with Secretary-General of ASEAN, H.E. Le Luong Minh, [...]
