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Top БД What's up around the Prime Minister БД December, 2003

Second Day of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
-Japan Commemorative Summit

Friday, December 12, 2003

The Photograph of Signing Ceremony for the Tokyo Declaration

The Photograph of Prime Minister Koizumi and President Megawati Soekarnoputri who Hold a Press Conference

The Photograph of Japan-Laos Summit Meeting

The Photograph of Japan-Myanmar Summit Meeting

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Japan Commemorative Summit conducted the second day of discussions.
"The Tokyo Declaration for the Dynamic and Enduring Japan-ASEAN Partnership in the New Millennium" and "The Japan-ASEAN Plan of Action" was adopted at the plenary meeting in the morning. The Tokyo Declaration incorporates pursuance of the concept of "East Asia Community" which Japan has been proposing to build, strengthening economic integration through promotion of comprehensive economic partnership and strengthening political and security cooperation and partnership. Furthermore, the Plan of Action incorporates approximately 120 concrete measures such as Japan providing 1.5 billion US dollars over a three-year period as human resource development assistance in the ASEAN region and Japan's accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) in Southeast Asia, which is the basic treaty of the ASEAN.
In the afternoon, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the leaders of the ASEAN countries signed the Tokyo Declaration.
Prime Minister Koizumi and Ms. Megawati Soekarnoputri, the President of the Republic of Indonesia then held a joint press conference.
At the press conference, Prime Minister noted on the achievements of this Commemorative Summit as saying, "Today we signed the Tokyo Declaration in which we evinced the direction we should take in Japan-ASEAN relations in the new era. The plan of action that accompanies the Tokyo Declaration lists more than 100 concrete cooperative measures that range from economic and development areas to political security and social and cultural areas. When these measures are implemented, the relations between Japan and ASEAN, the bond that ties Japan and ASEAN, will grow even stronger"
Following the joint press conference, Prime Minister Koizumi held talks at the Prime Minister's Official Residence individually with Mr. Boun Nhang Vorachith, the Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and with Mr. Khin Nyunt, the Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar.

Link: TOKYO DECLARATION FOR THE DYNAMIC AND ENDURING JAPAN-ASEAN PARTNERSHIP IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM