Schedule for ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
Schedule for ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
July 20
- The ASEAN Foreign Ministers, accompanied by Indonesian Foreign
Minister Ali Alatas, have a 20-minute audience with President
Soeharto at Merdeka Palace followed by the opening ceremony at
the State Palace.
- After lunch, the Foreign Ministers go to the Jakarta Convention
Center for a ceremony welcoming Myanmar as an ASEAN observer. The
official start of the 29th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting then
follows.
July 21
- Continuation of the ASEAN ministerial meeting.
- After lunch, consultative meetings will take place concurrently
with the four ASEAN observers. The consultative meeting with
Cambodia will be chaired by Indonesia; the meeting with Laos
chaired by Thailand; the meeting with Myanmar chaired by the
Philippines; and the consultative meeting with Papua New Guinea
chaired by Vietnam.
- Closing session of the 29th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, in which
Alatas as presiding chairman and Malaysia's Abdullah Badawi as
the next chairman will present a closing statement.
- Alatas in the evening then hosts a dinner for the ministers.
July 22
- Arrival of foreign ministers attending the ASEAN Regional
Forum.
- In the evening, an informal working dinner at the Jakarta
Convention Center.
July 23
- The start of the ASEAN Regional Forum. After lunch, the foreign
ministers proceed to the State Palace for a 30-minute audience
with President Soeharto.
July 24
- The start of the Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC).
- Lunchtime will be filled with various bilateral working
lunches. Separate meetings between ASEAN ministers and dialog
partners.
July 25
- Bilateral working breakfasts between Malaysia and Canada,
Singapore and the European Union, Vietnam and Russia.
- A signing ceremony on: the Protocol Amending the Agreement on
ASEAN Energy Cooperation by the seven ASEAN ministers; signing
and exchange of letters on amendments to the MOU on ASEAN-Canada
Cooperative Program on Marine Sciences.
- After the closing ceremony, the week's events will be topped
off by a joint press conference by all the ministers attending
the PMC. (mds)