The Meeting would consider the results of the recent direct consultations between ASEAN and the Nuclear Weapon States (NWS) held in Geneva, Switzerland, August 8-10, 2011, including the process of submitting the Resolution on the SEANWFZ Treaty to the 66th UN General Assembly, the foreign ministry said in a statement here on Saturday.
The Meeting to be chaired by Djauhari Oratmangun, the foreign ministry`s director general for ASEAN Cooperation, will also discuss preparations for the next Foreign Ministerial Meeting of the SEANWFZ Commission, which will be held in New York on September 24, 2011 on the sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly.
This Meeting will take place before further direct consultations between ASEAN and the NWS in the first week of October 2011.
The Meeting of ExCom SEANWFZ in Medan is expected to come up with ASEAN`s recommendations on the settlement of pending issues related to the SEANWFZ Treaty and the accession of NWS to the Protocol to the Treaty, to be further considered and decided by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers at the SEANWFZ Commission. (*)
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