KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the 53 delegates expected to attend the 10th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit which to be held in Milan, Italy from Oct 16 to 17.
European Union (EU) Ambassador and Head of Delegation to Malaysia, Luc Vandebon said, the meeting would be attended by at least 48 leaders and heads of state and goverment, while the other remaining delegation would be foreign ministers.
"We expect the summit will boost relationship between Asia and Europe expecially in security, economic trade, food safety, education and other current issues that need to be coped with for our own good," he said on the sidelines of the preparation of the summit, here, today.
Vandebon said as security became one of the topics to be discussed, he did not rule out the possibility of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) MH17 incident, terrorism and conflict in Afghanistan to 'pop up' during the discussion.
"We also hope that the summit will bring positive impact for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) among the participating countries.
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"This is because there's a lot of preliminary sections that can be used by the leaders in the summit to enchance their mutual understanding and personal relationship," he said.
As the summit generated interest around the world since its establishment, Vandebon said this year, two new member states namely Croatia and Kazakhstan also would be joining the summit.
ASEM was established in 1996 as a forum for countries in Asia and Europe to discuss how to build a new partnership between the two regions and the next (11th) summit will be held in Mongolia.
--BERNAMA
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