He said both Asean and the EU shared the same view regarding the importance of concluding the Doha negotiations to ensure confidence in the multilateral trading system and the high cost of lack of progress.
"There is no doubt that Asean and the EU are important to each other. The EU is the second largest trading partner for Asean and the largest investor, while Asean is the EU's fifth largest trading partner.
"There is also increasing people-to-people engagement such as the forum we are attending today. There are some seven million.
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