S Asia leaders hold first summit
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The leaders of India and Pakistan have met in New York to try to push forward their countries&#39; peace process. It was the first time Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President
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Leaders of 13 Southeast and Northeast Asian states Monday underlined their determination to turn growing economic power into political influence by establishing a new summit-level grouping.
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Security, trade and energy will top the agenda when Asian leaders meet in the Philippines next week, with declarations expected on combating terrorism, accelerating economic integration and boosting energy security.
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India on Thursday launched its first naval summit aimed at forging ties with nations that have a stake in the busy maritime lanes of the Indian Ocean.
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Thirtynine leaders from Asia and Europe yesterday began informal talks on issues on trade, security threats and terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
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Asian leaders, buoyed by their region's rapidly increasing economic and political clout, tackled issues ranging from trade to global warming with their European counterparts at a Helsinki summit.
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George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, and leaders from other 19 Asian - Pacific nations including China&#39;s Hu Jintao and Japan&#39;s Junichiro Koizumi are beggining to arrive in Santiago to attend to Chile&#39;s APEC summit on Saturday.
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A summit of South Asian leaders scheduled for the weekend will be held as planned after Nepal's King Gyanendra confirmed he will attend and despite threats of an opposition-led nationwide strike, Bangladeshi officials said.
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The creation of an East Asian union has gained more support after the leaders of 13 countries in East Asia agreed to hold an East Asian Summit conference next year at the 8th Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Korea, China, Japan
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A DAY after their landmark trade deal with China, South-East Asian leaders took their goal of regional integration a few steps further today, preparing for pledges to boost trade and political links with India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand
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Asian and European leaders began arriving in Hanoi ahead of a summit aimed at boosting political, economic and cultural ties despite profound inter-regional differences over Myanmar.
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VIENTIANE  - The leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations are holding summit talks to speed up economic integration and forge an economic bloc capable of standing up to rising competitors such as India and China.
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The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) is to hold its fifth summit on Friday and Saturday, and state and government leaders of Asian and European countries will exchange views on international
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VIENTIANE -- Southeast Asian ministers yesterday finalized a free trade pact with China and a host of other accords to be adopted at a leaders summit, but touchy topics like the lack of democracy in Myanmar and Islamic unrest in Thailand were sidestepped. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting of 10 leaders was a prelude to a two-day summit. ...
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Leaders gather in the Portuguese capital for the first summit between the European Union and Brazil.
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The heads of state of 10 South East Asian countries are meeting in Laos&#39; capital Vientiane for the annual summit of regional grouping Asean.
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VIENTIANE, Laos  - Japan and India courted  southeast Asian leaders Tuesday, a day after China signed a  landmark deal with ASEAN to create an Asian free trade market  of 1.8 billion people by 2015.