Asia and Europe tussle on priorities
HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah is expected to lead a top-level Bruneian delegation to the Sixth Asia Europe Meeting Summit in Helsinki this weekend.
The Asem summit is held every two years, alternately in Asia and Europe. The forum of 39 members aims to strengthen cooperation between Asian and European countries through inter-regional dialogue and interaction.
While cooperation is expected, in diplomatic terms, to be evenly focused on political, economic and cultural issues, a Brunei Government official said yesterday that European members focused more on the political while Asian members would prefer to keep the stress on economic matters.
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