(15/03/2013)
H.E. Brendan Howlin, Minister of
Public Expenditure and Reform of the Republic of Ireland, visited the
ASEAN Secretariat yesterday to be updated on the latest development and
prospects of achieving the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. The
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for the AEC, H.E. Lim Hong Hin,
received the Minister and his delegation.
Minister Howlin provided the background
on Ireland holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union
from January to June 2013 as part of the Trio programme of six monthly
Presidency with Lithuania and Greece. The key priorities for Ireland
include, amongst others, recovery and stability of the Euro Zone,
economic growth, and job creation.
DSG Lim briefed the Minister on the
latest development in ASEAN’s efforts in establishing AEC by 2015. He
highlighted that while there has been progress over the years, there are
still challenges ahead that ASEAN needs to address. Amongst others,
incorporating regional commitments into national strategic plan,
developing legal framework to facilitate the implementation of agreed
measures, strengthening institutional capacity to enforce regulations,
and expediting the integration of new ASEAN members with the more
developed ASEAN-6 (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore, and Thailand).
This is the first ever visit of an Irish Government Minister to the ASEAN Secretariat.
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