Security, other ties tabled at Southeast Asia meet<\/p>\n
BANGKOK (AFP): Politicians from all over Southeast Asia
\nconverged on Bangkok on Sunday for a conference aimed at shoring
\nup regional security and boosting cooperation.<\/p>\n
Some 250 representatives from eight Association of Southeast
\nAsian Nation (ASEAN) countries and observers met in the Thai
\ncapital.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was set to launch the 22nd
\ngeneral assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization
\n(AIPO) with an address on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"The main objective of the AIPO General Assembly is to bring
\nabout peace, security and prosperity through the strengthening of
\ncooperation among countries in the region,\" a Thai government
\nstatement said.<\/p>\n
\"Their close cooperation will facilitate the achievements of
\nthe goals of ASEAN, aimed at promoting the economic, social and
\ncultural development of the region and safeguarding the regional
\npolitical and economic stability.\"<\/p>\n
Observers from countries including Australia, Canada, China,
\nEurope and the United States will be kept up to date throughout
\nthe conference, which runs until Friday. Women parliamentarians
\nfrom AIPO will also hold talks.<\/p>\n
AIPO comprises delegates from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
\nMalaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
\nThe other two ASEAN members not part of the AIPO grouping, Brunei
\nand Myanmar, have no legislatures but will attend the meeting as
\nobservers.<\/p>\n
AIPO was introduced by Indonesia in 1974 and officially
\nestablished as an organization in 1977. This is the fifth time
\nThailand has hosted an AIPO assembly.<\/p>",
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