Nusa Dua, Bali (ANTARA News) - The senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) began discussing the preparatory draft documents including the Bali Declaration to be issued in the 19th Asean Summit in the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC).

The Asean senior officials meeting (SOM) takes place on November 13-14, 2011, a Foreign Ministry press release obtained here said on Sunday.

Th two-day SOM was held ahead of the Asean Ministers` Meeting (MM) which will be held on November 15, 2011, the 6th meeting of the Asean Council for Political-Security Community on November 16, and the Asean summit and its related summits on November 17-19.

During the two-day meeting, the Asean senior officials were scheduled to discuss four draft documents which will be produced in the 19th Asean Summit and its related meetings.

The draft documents to be discussed are firstly, the Bali Declaration on the Asean Community in a Global Community of Nations.

Secondly is the Declaration of EAS on the Principles for Mutually Beneficial Relations.

Thirdly the Declaration of EAS on ASEAN Connectivity and the fourth the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Partnership between ASEAN and the United Nations (UN).

In addition, the Asean senior officials will also talk about the

ASEAN Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, the Asean Common Visa issue and the annual target of the Asean Community Development.

In the two-day SOM, the Indonesian delegation would be led by the Foreign Ministry`s Director-General for ASEAN Cooperation, Djauhari Oratmangun.(*)

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