Asian Forum: Chinese president, Malaysian premier discuss globalization
Boao (Hainan), 26 February: This afternoon [26 February] State President Jiang Zemin met here with a specially invited guest, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir, who is here for the "Boao Asian Forum." The two sides held talks in a friendly atmosphere.Jiang Zemin extended a welcome to Prime Minister Mahathir for attending the "Boao Asian Forum" in Hainan and expressed his pleasure at meeting with him.Mahathir thanked Jiang for inviting him...
Asian Forum: China: South Korean party leader proposes Asia forum, student exchange programme
Beijing, 29 May: Kim Joong-kwon, Chairman of the South Korean ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), proposed Tuesday a "Northeast Asian Forum," comprising South and North Korea, China, the United States and Japan, and a scholarship fund for graduate student exchanges between prestigious universities in South Korea and China.Chairman Kim, who has been visiting China since last week, made the two suggestions at a talk he gave at Beijing University,...
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Pakistan suggests setting up of S. Asian forum
Pakistan has informally suggested the idea of a South Asian forum on the lines of Asean Regional Forum (ARF) to discuss issues of peace and security, the country's Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokhar said yesterday.The suggestion came up during a two-day meeting of Foreign Secretaries of the seven countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) held here to set an agenda for the Saarc foreign ministers conference opening today. Khokhar, however, emphasised...
New Asian forum criticizes Washington
Defense ministers of a new six-nation Asian forum led by China and Russia criticized U.S. missile-defense plans Friday as harmful to world security. At a ceremony to inaugurate the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, leaders of China, Russia and four Central Asian republics said they hoped the group would counterbalance American dominance of world affairs. The leaders lauded the new group as a step toward a world with more than one power center -- a veiled reference to the United...
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'Asian Davos' meet next month
`Asian Davos' or the Boao Forum for Asia, aimed at enhancing economic cooperation and exchange among Asian countries (and between them and the rest of the world), is scheduled to meet in the first week of November in Boao, Hainan province of China.This second conference of the Asian forum acquires special significance in view of the assertiveness by developing countries at the recent Cancun ministerial meeting of WTO. Its organisers expect it to exceed in scale and...
