Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Malaysia and the EUheld the 8th Senior Officials' Meeting at the premises of the EU delegation inKuala Lumpur on August 1.
The meeting covered a broad range of issues ofmutual interest. They welcomed the upcoming EU-ASEAN Summit as an opportunityto enhance, besides the regional, the bilateral EU-Malaysia relations as well.
The sides agreed to step up cooperation notably inthe areas of trade and investment, security, human rights, economy, climatechange, environment and forests, energy security and renewable energy andsustainable supply chains.
They also welcomed the progress towards the signingof the Malaysia-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), aiming to signthe agreement within the framework of the EU-ASEAN Summit in December inBrussels.
The participants also confirmed they remainedinterested in a possible future resumption of trade negotiations once theconditions are right.
On palm oil, they recalled the Second Joint WorkingGroup Meeting on Palm Oil, which took place on June 28. In this context, theywelcomed the constructive discussions and reaffirmed the importance ofcontinuous engagement to promote sustainability efforts and practices in thevegetable oil sector, including palm oil, and other possible collaboration,with a view to strengthening mutual understanding.
The meeting also looked into security challenges,global developments and regional issues, among others, the situation in Myanmar,the East Sea, Afghanistan and the Middle East, and the Russia-Ukraine tension.
The meeting was co-chaired by Gunnar Wiegand,Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific in the European External ActionService (EEAS) and Dato’ Cheong Loon Lai, Deputy Secretary General ofMultilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia.
They agreed to hold the 9th Senior Officials’Meeting in 2023./.
The meeting covered a broad range of issues ofmutual interest. They welcomed the upcoming EU-ASEAN Summit as an opportunityto enhance, besides the regional, the bilateral EU-Malaysia relations as well.
The sides agreed to step up cooperation notably inthe areas of trade and investment, security, human rights, economy, climatechange, environment and forests, energy security and renewable energy andsustainable supply chains.
They also welcomed the progress towards the signingof the Malaysia-EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), aiming to signthe agreement within the framework of the EU-ASEAN Summit in December inBrussels.
The participants also confirmed they remainedinterested in a possible future resumption of trade negotiations once theconditions are right.
On palm oil, they recalled the Second Joint WorkingGroup Meeting on Palm Oil, which took place on June 28. In this context, theywelcomed the constructive discussions and reaffirmed the importance ofcontinuous engagement to promote sustainability efforts and practices in thevegetable oil sector, including palm oil, and other possible collaboration,with a view to strengthening mutual understanding.
The meeting also looked into security challenges,global developments and regional issues, among others, the situation in Myanmar,the East Sea, Afghanistan and the Middle East, and the Russia-Ukraine tension.
The meeting was co-chaired by Gunnar Wiegand,Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific in the European External ActionService (EEAS) and Dato’ Cheong Loon Lai, Deputy Secretary General ofMultilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia.
They agreed to hold the 9th Senior Officials’Meeting in 2023./.
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