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Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank all the speakers for their contributions to the debate and make some brief comments.
In the economic field, I must remind you that we have two action plans in place, one to aid commerce and the other to promote investments, both of which are very active.
With regard to the social aspects, we proposed a new body at the time – the social forum – which would represent civil society. As I pointed out earlier in my presentation, the countries of Asia have not unfortunately been in favour of that proposal, which is something we regret.
With regard to parliamentary cooperation, I would like to remind you that there have been two meetings: one in the Philippines and the other in Portugal, on cooperation between young parliamentarians, in which European parliamentarians have also taken part. We will consider any additional interparliamentary relations to be enormously positive.
With regard to the comments on certain specific countries, I would like to point out the following: first, with regard to Myanmar, it is clear that it is not a participating nation in the ASEM process and nor is there any intention to admit it into that process. This situation is discussed every time there is political dialogue, and the circumstances are clearly not conducive to moving in that direction.
As for India, I would like to remind you that there was a first summit between India and the European Union last July, outside the framework of the ASEM.
With regard to Indonesia, which has also been an issue of special interest, there is regular dialogue, within the ASEM, in which we always insist on the need to promote the democratic process and, to this end, President Prodi has already sent a message to the Indonesian President so that progress may be made on this point.
Our political support for Timor is clear and we provide what we consider to be significant humanitarian assistance.
Lastly, with regard to the very topical problem of our relations with Korea and, in particular, in relation to the shipyards and subsidies for ship building, I would like to remind you that this is an issue which is outside the framework of the ASEM but which, nevertheless, is not a forgotten question in our relations with Korea. It is the subject of constant and tough discussion. These debates continued last week and I agree that the subsidies currently being granted are completely unacceptable."@en1
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