Ministers to hold talks in S'pore

Ministers to hold talks in S'pore

SINGAPORE (AFP): Southeast Asian law ministers are to meet
here this weekend to lay the framework for greater legal
cooperation, the Singapore law ministry said on Tuesday.

The ministers will discuss specific proposals, including the
establishment of procedures to exchange legal information as well
as to exchange visits and attachments for law officials and the
government law directory.

The two-day fourth ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting beginning on
Friday will be chaired by Singapore Foreign Minister Shanmugan
Jayakumar, who is also law minister.

According to the statement, the meeting with the theme
"Towards mutual understanding of ASEAN legal systems" will be
preceded by the sixth ASEAN senior law officials meeting from
Wednesday.