Fighting against the financial crisis will top the agenda of the upcoming Asia-Europe Meeting, said Herve Ladsous, French Ambassador to China on the press conference to introduce ASEM Summit, which will be held in Beijing on 24-25 October 2008.
"To fight against the global financial crisis will top the agenda of this years ASEM, and the ASEM will be the very first meeting participated by Asia and European leaders to discuss how to deal with this crisis", Herve said.
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said that delegates to this month's summit of the Seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM7) are to discuss global economic and social development as well as the current financial crisis, and make future action plans, according to Xinhua.
Since 1996, ASEM Summits have been held every two years in London (1998), Seoul (2000), Copenhagen (2002), Hanoi (2004) and Helsinki (2006).
ASEM potentially covers all issues of common interest to Asia and Europe. It has provided a dialogue platform to address political, economic, and social/cultural issues. As an informal process of dialogue, based on equal partnership and enhancing mutual understanding, ASEM can facilitate and stimulate progress in other bilateral and multilateral fora. ASEM has notably contributed to improving global governance, the international security environment, managing globalisation and its effects and has enhanced interregional and international business frameworks. ASEM has also served as a cultural dialogue facilitator and helped to increase mutual understanding through people-to-people contacts.
By People's Daily Online
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