Ashton: to promote closer Asia-Europe Meeting Asia-Europe cooperation

Ashton, the European Union (EU) foreign policy chief said on Monday the foreign ministers of Europe and Asia dialogue "between the EU and Asia reflects the solid contact."

 

Ashton said that the Tenth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) of foreign ministers in Budapest near Godollo, the Hungarian capital. "Asia and Europe face many common security challenges and share many interests," Ashton said first end of the day, requiring 15 years of ASEM framework "key."

 

For the first Asia-Europe Summit has features such as climate change, food and energy security, and the fight against piracy to combat so-called "non-traditional" security challenges.

 

"These issues alone can not solve it," Ashton said. "Only by working together, we can represent the people accepted to work together to prepare for disaster crisis management and, unfortunately, can happen importance. The more we can collaborate to carry out such problems, in crisis and disaster management, the more we can early response to the needs of our people. "

 

Matsumuto Takeaki, Japan's foreign minister said the dialogue also includes counter-terrorism, disaster management, nuclear safety and nuclear security and nuclear non-proliferation. Takeaki said he also briefed the guests on the situation, the DPRK meeting. "There are some issues seems to be the impact in limited areas, but also in Europe and Asia to connect, so very useful framework for cooperation," Wu Zhao said.

 

Ashton said that the EU is using its political pressure to support people in North Africa and the Middle East towards the democratic regime in mobile life. "My reaction to the EU, and how we put together a common pattern to solve the needs of the people around us proud of the way," Ashton said. On Yemen, Ashton said: "President Ali Abdullah Saleh knows what he needs for his people. He should make a decision, in the best interests of his people and continue to move forward."

 

Hungarian Foreign Minister Tonya Norther Marr said the opening of Asia is not only Hungary and the EU's foreign policy component. "If you like the recent trade and China, Japan, Korea and other countries and most Asian countries, the investment perspective, the crisis has increased the number of the most difficult years after the remarkable, even," Marr said Tony.

 

Hungary is the EU's rotating presidency of the current holders.

 

Forty-six countries in total are represented in Godollo including 27 EU countries, 19 Asian countries as well as two organizations -- the EU and the ASEAN secretariat. The meeting participants represent more than 4 billion people as well as 60 percent of its gross domestic product and more than 60 percent of international commerce.