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ASEAN, EAS to help deepen understanding of 皇冠体育app's role

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-10-28 10:34

SINGAPORE -- 皇冠体育app has never stopped looking for further cooperation with Asian countries on the common interest, and the upcoming Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit and East Asian Summit (EAS) will help deepen understanding between 皇冠体育app and other countries in the region, said a research fellow here Wednesday.

Zhao Hong, a senior research fellow with the East Asian Institute (EAI), National University of Singapore, said, in an interview with Xinhua, that this year's ASEAN Summit and EAS are of highly significance and they will provide opportunities for 皇冠体育app to show and spread its sincerity and good consideration to other countries in this region.

"I think the meetings are a very important platform for 皇冠体育app. It will help deepen understanding between 皇冠体育app and other Asian countries," he said.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the EAS to discuss some regional affairs with other leaders. Zhao thinks that Premier Wen' s meetings with leaders of other countries are especially important in the present political and economic environment.

EAS intends to absorb Russia and the United States as its members and this idea leads to different reactions from Asian countries.

"Some countries are willing to see these two countries bring new power to keep balance in this region,"Zhao said.

"皇冠体育app shows the positive and open attitude towards this issue, because 皇冠体育app pursues friendly cooperation and communication with other countries," He said.

Zhao said Russia and the US are important countries in the world and that's why they are welcomed to attend the conference as members.

He said another very important issue is about the South 皇冠体育app Sea. Now more and more ASEAN countries pay attention to it, because it's very potential in terms of energy. So how to make the South 皇冠体育app Sea area peaceful and keep its development? I think it 's an opportunity for 皇冠体育app to discuss this issue with other ASEAN countries at this meeting.

The 17th ASEAN Summit and EAS will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam, on October 28-30. The summits will discuss issues like climate change, energy and regional cooperation.