Phnom Penh, 19 November 2012
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The ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Summit this year 2012 was marked as the Commemorative Summit
since it was the 15th Anniversary of the APT Cooperation. The APT Commemorative
Summit, held at Peace Palace, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 19 November 2012, was chaired by Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN,Prime
Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, and attended by the Leaders of the ASEAN
Member States and the Plus Three Countries, namely the People’s Republic of China,
the Republic of Korea and Japan. The Secretary-General of ASEAN also attended
the Summit.
Leaders discussed the review and future direction of the ASEAN Plus Three cooperation
and also exchanged views on regional and international issues.
The ASEAN Plus Three Leaders adopted two important documents, namely the ASEAN
Plus Three Leaders’ Joint Statement on the Commemoration of the 15th
Anniversary of the ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation and the Leaders’ Statement on ASEAN
Plus Three Partnership on Connectivity. Moreover, the Leaders took note of the Report
of the East Asia Vision Group II, Memorandum No. 9 of the Network of East Asian
Think-Tanks, Summary Record of the 10th East Asia Forum, the Progress Report on
the Implementation of the Second Joint Statement on East Asia Cooperation and
the APT Cooperation Work Plan, and the APT Plan of Action on Education:
2010-2017.
To mark the 15th Anniversary of the APT cooperation, the Leaders welcomed
the successful activities to commemorate the 15th Anniversary of the APT
Cooperation,namely i) the “Workshop on APT Partnership on Connectivity” held on
15 June 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand; ii) the “APT Youth Leaders’ Symposium” held
on 18-19 October 2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; iii) the “APT Joint Cultural
Performance: Unity in
Diversity” held on 2-3 November 2012, in Siem Reap, Cambodia; and iv) the
Track II Symposium on the Commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of the APT
Cooperation on 17-18 September 2012 in Beijing, China. The Leaders also
welcomed the selection of Siem Reap City of Cambodia as the “Cultural City of
East Asia 2012 within the framework of the ASEAN Plus Three” and the
designation of the year 2012 as “Visit ASEAN Plus Three Year.”
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