Meanwhile, a mood of gloom pervades preparations for the next full ASEAN summit, due in November.
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In 1998, during the ASEAN summit in Hanoi, I noticed Vietnam had become the third largest rice exporter.
Every year, we have the ASEAN Summit plus the three East Asian giants -- China, Japan and Korea.
These countries August reached agreement in principal at the Asean Summit in to seek a free trade agreement.
But when even this famously hospitable nation cannot secure the dignitaries at an ASEAN summit, it is a sign of deep trouble.
The Sixth ASEAN summit in Hanoi was days away, and the Laotians had just discovered that their president, Khamtay Siphandone, was not invited.
The last Asean summit in July broke up acrimoniously, without a joint communique, with China facing accusations of using its clout to force host Cambodia to keep the territorial issue off the agenda.
The Cambodia leg of the trip is mainly to attend the East Asia Summit, a sideline event being held after the 21st ASEAN Summit of Asian leaders, which opened in Phnom Penh today.
The Asean e-commerce treaty is a key element of the Asean summit in Singapore this week, and comes as Asean forms closer ties with the e-commerce industry through a memorandum of understanding with computer giant IBM to collaborate on technology developments in the region.
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The President looks forward to discussing preparations for the East Asia Summit and U.S.-ASEAN Summit, which will be held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei in October, and to consulting with His Majesty on a broad range of strategic and economic issues of mutual concern.
So I think the thing to watch at the U.S.-ASEAN Summit is that area: What concrete areas have expanded economic and trade engagement they can agree to, and in what respects are they able to push forward practical programs in terms of education and people-to-people ties.
Recognising the vital role that business plays in our economic relationship and the success of the inaugural U.S.-ASEAN Business Summit in Siem Reap in August 2012, we agreed to expand our commercial engagement by holding an annual U.S.-ASEAN Business Summit and holding a second ASEAN Economic Ministers Roadshow to the United States in 2013.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
We discussed some of the broader challenges of getting a meaningful Copenhagen agreement and continuing to stabilize the world economy and promoting growth, both through trade and investment and also through what has been discussed throughout the ASEAN summit, the idea of inclusive development and growth where it's not just at the top but is spread out among the population.
Engagement and nuclear proliferation were the themes of the day at the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) summit.
As ASEAN chair, we have extended an invitation to President Obama to the East Asia Summit and the first ASEAN-U.S. Leaders Summit in October this year.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with His Majesty Sultan of Brunei | The White House
The Sultan and I had the opportunity to get to know each other from a series of multilateral meetings, particularly the ASEAN East Asia Summit meeting.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with His Majesty Sultan of Brunei | The White House
While Singapore has long championed India's cause, until recently the Malaysian prime minister, Dr Mahathir Mohammad, has been adamantly opposed to the idea of an Asean-India summit.
We looked forward to the U.S. - ASEAN Young Leaders Summit on 5-9 December 2012 in Jakarta, which will bring together alumni of the Southeast Asia Youth Leadership Program (SEAYLP) from all ASEAN Member States.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
And part of the reason that we thought now was a good time for a meeting here in the Oval Office is because His Majesty will be hosting the next ASEAN East Asia Summit meeting in Brunei this October.
And so at the ASEAN East Asia Summit, we will be discussing a wide range of issues -- everything from how we deal with issues of energy and climate change to how we expand commerce, potentially through the Trans-Pacific Partnership that has the opportunity of creating jobs and prosperity here in the United States but also throughout the region.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with His Majesty Sultan of Brunei | The White House
Another step would be to strengthen promising regional bodies such as the East Asian Summit and ASEAN Plus Three.
Thank you for your tremendous leadership, and that of Indonesia, as you host both ASEAN and the East Asia Summit.
The same day it was announced that Zhu would make an ASEAN tour starting Nov. 22 and represent China at the ASEAN-East Asian informal summit in Manila.
We have important bilateral relationships -- important in their own right -- and we have important work to do with regional institutions such as ASEAN and the East Asia Summit.
Recognizing the key roles in the coming year of Brunei as it assumes Chair of ASEAN and the East Asia Summit, and of Indonesia as it takes up the Chair of APEC, President Obama looks forward to working closely with both countries as well as the range of partners across the region to advance energy and sustainability cooperation.
We emphasized the importance of sustaining dialogue at the highest level and looked forward to the first ASEAN-U.S. Summit in Brunei Darussalam in 2013.
WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting
In December, the ASEAN 10 will hold an informal summit in Kuala Lumpur to which the leaders of China, South Korea and Japan are invited.
This is the fourth summit in four years, and I think -- at least by my informal count -- the President has held eight bilateral summit meetings with individual ASEAN leaders.
For weeks the military regime has delayed pronouncing a verdict in its trial, perhaps so as not to embarrass fellow members of the ten-country Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), meeting for its annual summit this week in Thailand.
Analysts believe that by upgrading relations with India, Asean Delhi will provide a strategic balance to North Asia's influence, now that there is a regular summit with China, Japan and South Korea, known as Asean plus three.
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