PM Khai calls on RoK to open market wider to ASEAN goods
At the summit, which was attended by leaders of the 10 ASEAN members and RoK President Roh Moo Hyun, the PM also asked the RoK to grant Viet Nam, Laos, and Myanmar the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) as early as possible, while appealing to RoK companies to invest more in these countries.
PM Khai expressed gratitude for the RoK's support for
The PM said ASEAN's policy to develop comprehensive ties with the three Northeastern Asian countries coincides with the RoK's look-South efforts. He welcomed the results of working-level ASEAN-RoK meetings on economic and trade cooperation, including the agreement to launch in 2005 negotiations on an ASEAN-RoK Free Trade Area.
Khai was optimistic that the signing of an ASEAN-RoK joint declaration on comprehensive partnership at this summit will lay the groundwork for further increasing their cooperation and open up new directions for long-term and multi-faceted relations.
The Vietnamese PM stressed that like other ASEAN countries,
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