ASEAN finance meeting

Sat, 12 Oct 1996 | Source: REUTERS

BANGKOK (Reuter): Thailand will host a meeting of ASEAN Finance Ministers to boost cooperation within the seven-member grouping from Nov. 21-23, a Finance Ministry official said yesterday.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

"The main topic at the meeting will be the liberalization of the financial sector and cooperation in monetary and banking policy among member countries," Somchai Richupan, director general of the Fiscal Policy Office, told reporters.

The venue for the meeting has not been decided and he gave no further details.

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