ASEAN to meet in Myanmar

ASEAN to meet in Myanmar

SINGAPORE (AFP): Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister
George Yeo will attend the first meeting of ASEAN's economic
ministers with their counterparts from China, Japan, and South
Korea in Yangoon, the government said Saturday.

The two-day meeting will kick off on May 1 with an informal
exchange of views among the 10 ministers from the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

A report by a task force studying the feasibility of a free
trade area between ASEAN and Australia and New Zealand will also
be presented, the statement said.

ASEAN's meeting with economic ministers from China, Japan and
South Korea will discuss areas of cooperation ranging from
agriculture to technology, it added.

ASEAN groups the countries of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,
Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam.