ASEAN-MALAYSIA/AUSTRALIA-EU Australia's Bishop and EU's Mogherini meets ASEAN partners

Record ID: 145017

  • Title: ASEAN-MALAYSIA/AUSTRALIA-EU Australia's Bishop and EU's Mogherini meets ASEAN partners
  • Date: 5th August 2015
  • Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (AUGUST 5, 2015) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, JULIE BISHOP, AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) WALKING ONTO STAGE FOR PHOTO SESSION ASEAN LOGO ON SCREEN BISHOP AND PHILIPPINE FOREIGN MINISTER, ALBERTO DEL ROSARIO, STANDING DURING PHOTO SESSION VARIOUS OF BIS
  • Embargoed: 20th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Malaysia
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA5EZPQWUOH5IL4JFWTAVLI8INA
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, and European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini met Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) foreign ministers on Wednesday (August 5) during two regional meetings in Kuala Lumpur.
    Bishop and Mogherini are both in Malaysia, which is hosting this year's annual ASEAN meeting, for talks with the 10-member ASEAN.
    The two leaders took to the stage with ASEAN delegates for a photo opportunity at the start of their respective meetings, before sitting down for talks.
    During the Australian ministerial meeting, Bishop said her country would continue to the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, after a piece of aircraft debris washed up on the French island of Reunion last week.
    Flight MH370 disappeared without a trace in March 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board and search efforts have focused on a broad expanse of the southern Indian Ocean off Western Australia.
    Reunion Island is roughly 3,700 km (2,300 miles) from the expected crash zone was consistent with where the plane went down, based on analysis of ocean currents, winds and waves, Australian officials and independent oceanographers said last week.
    "There's some hope that we might be closer in finding a solution but in the meantime Australia will continue to lead search efforts in the search area in the Indian Ocean," Bishop said.
    Bishop also said Australia was committed to seeking justice for the victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, which was shot down in July 2014 with 298 passengers on board, two-thirds of them Dutch. The plane crashed in Ukrainian territory held by Russian-backed separatists.
    Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council draft resolution last week that would have set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of downing a Malaysia Airlines passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine.
    "We deeply regret Russia's veto of the draft resolution on the 29th of July however we remain committed in terms to seek justice for the victims of MH17 and we'll work with Malaysia and others to establish an effective prosecution", she said.
    Founded in 1967 in the midst of Cold War conflicts, insurgencies and coups in Southeast Asia, ASEAN has become the region's most successful grouping, credited with preventing strife and promoting a surge in trade and investment.
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