Myanmar PM to attend ASEAN summit in Thailand

www.chinaview.cn  2009-02-24 10:52:25     

YANGON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar Prime Minister General Thein Sein will attend the 14th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Hua Hin, Thailand in the near future, said an official announcement from Nay Pyi Taw Tuesday without specifying the date of his attendance. 

At the invitation of his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thein Sein will represent Myanmar at the summit. 

Myanmar has urged its people to strive together in building the ASEAN community, anticipating that the future emergence of the ASEAN community by 2015 will benefit Myanmar citizens along with other regional members in sharing the fruits of peace and stability, prosperity and socio-cultural development. 

ASEAN's three pillars are known as political security community, economic community and socio-culture community. 

Myanmar, which joined the ASEAN along with Laos in July 1997, ratified the ASEAN Charter in July last year. 

The last 13th ASEAN Summit was held in Singapore in November 2007. 

ASEAN comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. 

ASEAN's 10 leaders will meet at the 14th ASEAN Summit scheduled on Feb. 27 - March 1 in Thailand.