The Union Minister of Commerce, Industry &
Textiles Shri Anand Sharma today left for a four-day visit to Cambodia.
Minister Sharma will attend the first ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM)
Plus Economic Ministers of ASEAN’s FTA Partner – India, Australia,
China, Japan, Republic of Korea and New Zealand – consultations in Siem
Reap. The Consultations will form a key step towards launching the
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which could
potentially lead to the establishment of a free trade area comprising
about 3.33 billion people. Addressing the press after India-China JEG
here on Monday Shri Sharma said: “Both Minister Chen Deming and me will
be proceeding to Cambodia to participate in the ASEAN and dialogue
partners meeting, ministerial meeting. And in the first meeting of its
kind ASEAN and its FTA partners would be discussing the regional
comprehensive economic partnership (RCEB). There will also be a
Ministerial meeting of the East Asia Summit Minister. We will be
continuing our discussions on the regional economic discourse or the
architecture in Siam Reap in Cambodia.”
Shri Sharma will also attend East Asia Summit (EAS) Economic Ministers
meeting, another first meeting of its kind. The East Asia Summit (EAS)
is a forum for dialogue on broad strategic, political and economic
issues of common interest and concern with the aim of promoting peace,
stability and economic prosperity in East Asia. This forum includes the
ten ASEAN members along with India, Australia, China, Japan, Republic of
Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation, and the United States of
America.
Minister Sharma will also meet the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) at the
10th AEM-India Consultations on August 31, 2012 in Siem Reap.
The visit will also likely feature Minister Sharma’s bilateral meetings
with Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (MITI) Mr. Yukio
Edano; Mr. Bark Tae Ho, South Korean Minister for Trade; Mr. Hor
Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister Of Foreign Affairs &
International Cooperation, Cambodia; and Mr. U Tin Naing Thein, Minister
Of National Planning And Economic Development, Myanmar.
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