Forum to discuss terrorism

Sat, 06 Oct 2001 | Source: DJ

BRUNEI: Leaders from Southeast Asia and Japan, China and South Korea will discuss cooperation to fight international terrorism at their regional forum, the organization in Bandar Seri Begawan said on Friday.

"Our governments undertake to use all necessary and available means to pursue, capture and punish those responsible for these attacks and to prevent additional attacks," said Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, chairman of the Asean Regional Forum. He was referring to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

Asean leaders will hold their annual summit in the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei on Nov. 5. The following day, the leaders will hold talks with top officials from China, Japan and South Korea. Collectively, the group is known as the Asean Regional Forum.

Mohamed, who is also Brunei's foreign minister, said in a statement that the states and organizations participating in the forum condemn the attacks in New York and Washington. --DJ

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