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ASEAN-Japan
Commemorative Summit
Tokyo
(11-12 December
2003)
The first
ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit will be held in Tokyo on 11-12
December 2003.
At this event,
which aims to enhance ties and mutual cooperation in economic,
financial and monetary issues, Japan is expected to sign ASEAN’s
Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC). This move follows the signing
of the TAC by China and India at the ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia
in October. Signatories of the TAC pledge to promote regional peace
and security.
At the Tokyo
Summit, Japan also aims to negotiate separate bilateral free trade
agreements with Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
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