Mochtar to get ASEAN Award

Mochtar to get ASEAN Award

JAKARTA (JP): Former minister of foreign affairs Mochtar
Kusumaatmadja will be a recipient of the ASEAN Award presented on
Tuesday for contributions toward the promotion and development of
regional cooperation.

A release from the secretariat of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations said on Monday that Mochtar, also the minister of
justice from 1974 to 1978, would receive the award in Hanoi at a
dinner hosted by Vietnam Prime Minister Phan Van Khai for ASEAN
leaders. The leaders are attending the sixth ASEAN Summit there.

The award is also presented to organizations, and this year
the Southeast Asian Minister of Education Organization Regional
Language Center will be the recipient.

Mochtar, 69, was praised for his role in the development of
the Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality, which led to the
Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty in 1995. He was
also credited for his expertise and experience in maritime law,
which "helped diminish the danger of territorial and maritime
disputes". (anr)