ASEAN summit to discuss Myammar

ASEAN summit to discuss Myammar

BANGKOK (DPA): Southeast Asian leaders will use the upcoming informal ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur to hash out their common stance on the "Myanmar issue", which has proven a thorn in ASEAN- EU relations, a senior Thai minister said yesterday.

"At this meeting we will discuss all the important issues touching on ASEAN-EU Relations," said Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan.

He added the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would try to form a common stance on attracting more European investment and trade to the battered region.

Surin said Tuesday that the Myanmar issue -- which scuttled a planned ASEAN-EU Joint Cooperation Committee meeting in Bangkok in November -- would definitely be brought up at the ASEAN informal summit in Kuala Lumpur next week.