ASEAN Heads of State/Government Informal Meeting with ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Representatives

On 28 February 2009 at 11.30-12.00 hrs. H. E. Abhisit Vejjajiva Prime Minister of Thailand and the other 9 ASEAN Leaders together with Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, the ASEAN Secretary-General, had an Informal Meeting with the Representatives of AIPA at Dusit Thani Hua Hin Hotel, Cha-am, Phetchaburi.

The Informal Meeting held was part of the effort to pave a solid foundation of a people-centered, inclusive, and participatory ASEAN Community which is the goal that Thailand as Chair of ASEAN hopes to see come to fruition.

This Informal Meeting is the first time that all 10 ASEAN Leaders and Representatives of AIPA and its Special Observers (Brunei and Myanmar) met after the entry into force of the ASEAN Charter on 15 December 2008. Both sides expressed a willingness to work together to build an ASEAN Community by 2015 and was in agreement that both sides should meet on a regular and annual basis to foster a closer partnership between ASEAN and AIPA.

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