President Roh stresses importance of regional cooperation at the 10th ASEAN+3 summit
At the summit marking the 10th anniversary, the participating heads of state commended the remarkable development of cooperation among the ASEAN+3 member countries over the past nine years in a vast range of areas, including politics, security, economy, society and culture. They also concurred to seek multi-faceted measures to build an East Asian community, which is a long-term goal of regional cooperation.
In particular, leaders of the ASEAN nations welcomed the newly forged cooperation with Korea, China, and Japan in the areas of women, minerals, agricultural sector development, and poverty eradication, where cooperation had remained at the ASEAN level previously. They also expressed anticipation that the 2nd Joint Statement on Cooperation in East Asia, which is expected to be adopted at the next ASEAN+3 summit scheduled for late 2007, would include the achievements and progress of cooperation among the ASEAN+3 countries over the last 10 years as well as ways to strengthen collaboration for the future.
At this year's summit, President Roh stressed that the time has now come for the member countries to assert their political will to realize the vision of an East Asian community of prosperity progress and peace, which was recommended by the East Asia Vision Group (EAVG) on the occasion to mark the 10th anniversary of ASEAN+3 as the ultimate goal for cooperation in East Asia.
To help realize the vision of an East Asian community, President Roh proposed to launch a follow-up study on different sectors and industries of the East Asian Free Trade Area (EAFTA) to keep the momentum of pursuing the EAFTA, which is to form a pillar of the regional economic integration. He also proposed the ASEAN+3 center for the scientifically gifted that is to contribute to common prosperity of the regional countries through an early identification and nurturing of a talent pool in science and technology. The participating countries expressed active support for the Korean initiatives.
With regard to the North Korean issue, the participating leaders all agreed that the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula should be realized as early as possible through an early resumption of the Six-Party Talks and the implement the September 19, 2005 Joint Statement.
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