ASEM Summit must not fail: KL<\/p>\n
MALAYSIA: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will
\nnot object a lower-level Myanmar delegation to the Asia-Europe
\n(ASEM) summit in Vietnam because it does not want it to fail,
\nMalaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
He was commenting on a remark by Thailand's Foreign Minister,
\nSurakiart Sathirathai, who said on Wednesday that ASEAN would be
\nsatisfied if Myanmar sent Foreign Minister Win Aung.<\/p>\n
European Union (EU) states agreed earlier this month to attend
\nthe Oct. 8-9 summit in Hanoi but said they did not want to see
\nthe top leaders of the military-ruled Myanmar there.<\/p>\n
"We do not want the Asia-Europe summit to fail. There is a
\nbigger picture for us to achieve. The level of representation is
\nnot the fundamental issue," Syed Hamid told reporters.<\/p>\n
But Syed Hamid said it was up to Myanmar to decide on the
\nlevel of representation and nobody should set conditions for the
\nadmission of new members into the ASEM process. -- AFP<\/p>",
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