Ministry hosts seminar for students

Ministry hosts seminar for students

INDONESIA: Indonesia says that the ASEAN's governments and non-
governmental organizations need to cooperate with each other in
order to achieve the goals of Vision 2020.

Speaking at a seminar in Jakarta, Marty A. Natalegawa,
director general of ASEAN cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, said that such cooperation was important to exchange
information about the future of the ASEAN community.

The ASEAN community is based on three pillars: the ASEAN
Economic Community, the ASEAN Security Community and ASEAN
Sociocultural Community.

"The achievements of the ASEAN community is in line with ASEAN
Vision 2020," he told participants, mostly students from Dr.
Moestopo University.

Several speakers like Sabam Siagian, a former Indonesian
ambassador to Australia, Makmur Keliat from the University of
Indonesia, CPF Luhulima from the Centre for Strategic and
International Studies also addressed the seminar, which was
jointly organized by Dr. Moestopo University and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. -- JP