AMED III in Thailand

BANGKOK, 15 December 2010 (NNT) – PM Abhisit presided over the opening ceremony of the Third Asia-Middle East Dialogue (AMED III), which has been participated by Foreign Ministers of 50 AMED member countries.

According to the Prime Minister, in his opening speech, as every country in the world has been constantly faced with many challenges – be they in the forms of economic, financial, social, environmental, and global security, inter-regional cooperation is thus a crucial framework to carry forward the global initiatives agreed upon. He further noted that following the theme of this AMED III meeting ‘Strengthening Cooperation towards Common Prosperity’, a great success with fruitful outcomes would certainly be created.

The event covers a wide range of issues such as “Current Security Challenges: Interregional Solutions”, “Risks and Opportunities in the Interdependent Economic World”, “Identifying Potential Business Opportunities among AMED Members”, “Economic Complementarity: Energy-Food Security Cooperation”, and “Increasing Peoples’ Connectivity through Educational and Cultural Cooperation”.

Embracing differences and finding commonalities among AMED member countries in the hope of using them as comparative advantages have been set as the objectives of this meeting, the Prime Minister added.

The Third AMED Ministerial Meeting is being held in Bangkok at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center during Dec.14-16, 2010.