EU to attend ASEM summit, but Myanmar remains cloud
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The European Union will after all attend a summit with key Asian states next month after resolving a row over military-ruled Myanmar, while insisting it stands firm against Yangon.
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HANOI: Malaysia does not want further expansion of the membership of the Asian-Europe Meeting (Asem) that currently stands at 39 states, including the European Council.
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Asian and European leaders were set to admit 13 new nations to a high-powered regional forum riven by discord over one of the countries slated to join -- military-ruled Myanmar.
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Japan rounded on the European Union for its hardline approach to military-run Myanmar Friday, arguing a tougher package of sanctions announced by the 25-nation bloc would do little for reform.
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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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The European Union is set to firm up its strategic partnership with India at a summit meeting at The Hague on Monday, officials said, adding that counterterrorism efforts would also be in focus.
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Officials in Brussels say the formal agenda of the monthly meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday will be largely dominated by issues involving sanctions.
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China's support has been vital to achieving initial steps toward national reconciliation in military-ruled Myanmar, an EU envoy said on Thursday, but added Beijing would not directly pressure the regime towards reform.
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The European Union is set to bolster sanctions against Myanmar after the military-ruled country failed to yield to EU demands before a weekend Europe-Asia summit that was clouded by the issue.
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Asian and European leaders on Saturday concluded their fifth ASEM summit here after reaffirming their desire to further push economic partnership, enhance cultural exchanges and
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Asean should consider suspending Myanmar from the regional grouping if the junta fails to release Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, a conference in Malaysia was told.
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The EU's special envoy for Myanmar on Tuesday urged the country's military regime to free democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as he kicked off an Asian tour aimed at pressuring the junta for reform.
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Asians and Europeans left Hanoi Saturday after a summit that renewed economic coordination, but deadlocked over Myanmar&#39;s human rights situation.
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An Asia-Europe summit opened Friday overshadowed by the European Union&#39;s threat to slap fresh sanctions on one of the grouping&#39;s newest Asian membersâmilitary-ruled Burmaâif it fails
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AMSTERDAM -- Europeans from Riga to Rome will observe three minutes of silence today to remember the 150,000 people killed by the Asian tsunami and contemplate the millions of other lives devastated by the disaster. EU public buildings will fly flags at half-staff and governments will call for silence at noon. Luxembourg, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, has called ...
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The EU's special envoy for Myanmar on Friday called for UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari to be allowed to make another visit as soon as possible, with the release of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as a top priority.
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Asian and European leaders wrapped up summit talks here by calling for the United Nations to lead the fight against terrorism while largely side-stepping a rift over military-ruled Myanmar.