Foreign Minister Paet to Participate in Meeting of EU and Southeast Asian Foreign Ministers

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Tomorrow, 26 May, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet will participate in the meeting of European Union and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers in Madrid.

Foreign Minister Paet will present a speech on cyber issues during the meeting. The foreign ministers will be discussing developments in European Union and Southeast Asian nations, EU-ASEAN co-operation, and various regional and international issues.

Since April of 1999, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has included all ten nations of the region: Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar/Burma, and Cambodia. The organisation was established by the first five nations listed in 1967 and the other nations gradually joined, the most recent being Cambodia. The ASEAN is the fourth-largest trade region in the world, with 400 million inhabitants.

Foreign Minister Urmas Paet also has bilateral meetings scheduled within the framework of the meeting of EU and ASEAN foreign ministers.

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