Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended the 18th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)-China (10+1) leaders' meeting, 18th ASEAN-China, Japan and South Korea (10+3) leaders' meeting, and 10th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, last week.
The 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit was held in Kuala Lumpur, capital city of Malaysia on November 21-22, which can be considered a landmark meeting in the history of ASEAN.
The 27th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Summit announced the ASEAN Community will get established on December 31, which will be the first sub-regional community formed in the continent.
China on Monday confirmed a "brief" talk between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Kuala Lumpur during the East Asia Summit.
Premier Li Keqiang was invited to witness ASEAN member state leaders sign the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Sunday, a document announcing the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community on Dec 31, a development that has been eight years in the making.
Premier Li Keqiang proposed "synergizing" China's Belt and Road Initiative with the connectivity plan of ASEAN member countries.
Member states plan to eliminate tariffs on 65 percent of traded goods next year under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sealed a deal here Sunday to upgrade their free trade area (FTA), injecting fresh impetus into regional economic cooperation.
According to one of the two landmark documents adopted in the meeting, the ASEAN Community will be established on Dec 31, 2015.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) forges ahead toward further integration and closer cooperation as the ASEAN Community is slated for materialization by end-2015 deadline.
Enhanced efforts were called for to conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) talks next year at the ongoing 27th ASEAN leaders' summit and related meetings.
Relevant countries welcome the substantial progress made in the negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), according to a joint declaration of the leaders published here on Sunday.
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