Asean
Overview of ASEAN-EU Dialogue Relations
Introduction
The ASEAN-European Union (EU) dialogue relations were formalised when the 10th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM), held on 5-8 July 1977, agreed on ASEAN’s formal cooperation and relationship with the European Economic Community (EEC), which included the Council of Ministers of the EEC, the Permanent Representative of the EEC countries and the EEC Commission.
The ASEAN-EU dialogue relations were institutionalised with the signing of the ASEAN-EEC Cooperation Agreement on 7 March 1980. The dialogue relations have since rapidly grown and expanded to cover a wide range of areas including political and security, economic and trade, social and cultural and development cooperation.
ASEAN-EU dialogue relations are guided by the Nuremberg Declaration on an EU-ASEAN Enhanced Partnership which was adopted in 2007. The Declaration sets out long-term vision and commitment of both sides to work together for common goals and objectives in the future.
Political-Security Cooperation
Political and security cooperation between ASEAN and the EU has been progressing well. High level meetings have been held between the two sides such as the 19th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) on 26-27 April 2012, in Bandar Seri Begawan and the ASEAN-EU SOM on 18-19 October 2011 in Warsaw. These regular meetings have helped ASEAN and the EU understand one another and build higher comfort level to further cooperation. ASEAN views these meetings critical in reviewing and guiding ASEAN-EU relations.
The 19th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting, which was held on 26-27 April 2012 in Brunei Darussalam, adopted the Bandar Seri Begawan Plan of Action to Strengthen the ASEAN-EU Enhanced Partnership (2013-2017) that aims to give a more strategic focus to cooperation at regional cooperation in a wide range of areas – political/ security, economic/ trade and sociocultural.
The EU acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC)
Introduction
The ASEAN-European Union (EU) dialogue relations were formalised when the 10th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM), held on 5-8 July 1977, agreed on ASEAN’s formal cooperation and relationship with the European Economic Community (EEC), which included the Council of Ministers of the EEC, the Permanent Representative of the EEC countries and the EEC Commission.
The ASEAN-EU dialogue relations were institutionalised with the signing of the ASEAN-EEC Cooperation Agreement on 7 March 1980. The dialogue relations have since rapidly grown and expanded to cover a wide range of areas including political and security, economic and trade, social and cultural and development cooperation.
ASEAN-EU dialogue relations are guided by the Nuremberg Declaration on an EU-ASEAN Enhanced Partnership which was adopted in 2007. The Declaration sets out long-term vision and commitment of both sides to work together for common goals and objectives in the future.
Political-Security Cooperation
Political and security cooperation between ASEAN and the EU has been progressing well. High level meetings have been held between the two sides such as the 19th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) on 26-27 April 2012, in Bandar Seri Begawan and the ASEAN-EU SOM on 18-19 October 2011 in Warsaw. These regular meetings have helped ASEAN and the EU understand one another and build higher comfort level to further cooperation. ASEAN views these meetings critical in reviewing and guiding ASEAN-EU relations.
The 19th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting, which was held on 26-27 April 2012 in Brunei Darussalam, adopted the Bandar Seri Begawan Plan of Action to Strengthen the ASEAN-EU Enhanced Partnership (2013-2017) that aims to give a more strategic focus to cooperation at regional cooperation in a wide range of areas – political/ security, economic/ trade and sociocultural.
The EU acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC)