Representatives from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) held talks with the foreign ministers of EU Member States in Brussels on Wednesday afternoon. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Tibor Navracsics represented Hungary at the meeting, which was the latest in a series of discussions which take place every two years. The Minister said that, as Malaysia is a member of ASEAN, the downing in Eastern Ukraine of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 was discussed; further details of that part of the talks were not revealed, however.
Mr. Navracsics said that he took part in separate bilateral talks with Foreign Minister of Myanmar Wunna Maung Lwin, with whom two major areas of possible cooperation between the two countries were identified.
One of these is the road towards democracy, onto which Myanmar has chosen to step; here Hungary can share the experience it has gained during its own transition process. Mr. Navracsics said that another possible area of cooperation is that Myanmar has shown itself prepared to allow Hungarian investors access to its economy.
The Minister said that the talks also focused on the future of enhanced cooperation between ASEAN and the EU, as well as the dialogue on sustainable development launched in Budapest in June 2012.
(MTI)
