VIETNAM: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrive in Hanoi for ASEAN and East Asia Summit related meetings

Record ID: 561955

  • Title: VIETNAM: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrive in Hanoi for ASEAN and East Asia Summit related meetings
  • Date: 29th October 2010
  • Summary: HANOI, VIETNAM (OCTOBER 28, 2010) (REUTERS) NOI BAI AIRPORT TARMAC MEDIA AND PEOPLE WAITING ON TARMAC CHINESE PREMIER WEN JIABAO'S PLANE ARRIVING CHINESE FLAG ON SIDE OF PLANE VIETNAMESE HONOR GUARD WALKING TOWARD PLANE FLAGS WEN JIABAO WAVING AT TOP OF STEPS WEN JIABAO WALKING DOWN STEPS WEN JIABAO RECEIVING FLOWERS WEN JIABAO SHAKING HANDS WEN JIABAO WALKING TOWARDS CAR WEN JIABAO TURNS, WAVES WEN JIABAO GETS IN CAR CAR DRIVES OFF FLAGS UN SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON'S PLANE ON TARMAC CAMBODIAN FLAG ON SIDE OF PLANE HONOR GUARD BAN KI-MOON WALKING OUT OF PLANE VARIOUS OF BAN KI-MOON WALKING DOWN STEPS BAN KI-MOON GREETED BY GUESTS BAN KI-MOON SHAKING HANDS VARIOUS BAN KI-MOON WALKING ON RED CARPET TOWARDS CAR VARIOUS BAN KI-MOON WAVING AND GETTING IN CAR BAN KI-MOON CAR DRIVES OFF
  • Embargoed: 13th November 2010 12:00
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  • Story Text: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Hanoi Thursday (October 28) to meet with leaders during the 17th ASEAN Summit.
    Wen was greeted at the Noi Bai airport by the Vietnamese honor guard and waved to onlookers.
    Landing shortly after was UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon who is also expected to hold talks with leaders of the 10-member summit.
    Recent tension between China and Japan over disputed islands will also likely be addressed in sideline talks between the two economic powerhouses on Friday (October 29).
    ASEAN is seeking to establish an EU-style economic community by 2015 and the buzzword this week is "connectivity" within the 10-member group, meaning boosting physical infrastructure links, coordinating market rules and regulations and stepping up people-to-people contacts.
    ASEAN's east Asian partners, China, Japan and South Korea, will back that effort and promote steps to bolster the two pillars of their financial cooperation -- a regional network of currency swap agreements and a series of steps to develop still-immature domestic bond markets.
    As always at ASEAN summits, reclusive Myanmar will likely be a focus of attention.
    Analysts say Myanmar will want ASEAN's endorsement of the the polls that critics say will cement the military's grip on power under a veneer of civilian rule. ASEAN will hope the election brings change.
    There is concern in the United States and in various quarters in the region about China's growing assertiveness, especially in Asian waters where it and neighbours have over-lapping claims.
    A dispute between China and Japan erupted last month after the detention of a Chinese fishing boat near disputed islands in the East China Sea. Their leaders could seek to patch up ties in bilateral talks expected on Friday.
    China insists territorial disputes be handled bilaterally and kept competing claims in the South China Sea off the ASEAN agenda for years. But in July, 12 of the 27 members of an ASEAN security forum in Hanoi raised maritime issues. U.S. Secretary State Clinton told the forum Washington had an interest in keeping the waters open to all. Maritime disputes are not officially on the agenda.
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