In the meeting, Xavier Nuttin expressed his interest to know more and in detail about ASEAN Foundation structures and its works, the ASEAN Foundation said in a statement on Thursday.
Makarim explained thoroughly about the establishment of ASEAN Foundation, the structure, and the mentioning of ASEAN Foundation in the article 15 of the ASEAN Charter.
He also said that that ICT and Education were among the lead interests of the ASEAN Foundation project areas.
He told his guest that there was need to commence project collaboration with the EU bodies, as currently initial discussion had been made with EU official.
Xavier responded positively to the suggestion, saying that he would report the good results of the meeting to the European Parliament. He was optimistic that Jan Willem Blankert, EU Commission Special Advisor for the EU relationship with ASEAN, would also support this proposed collaboration.
Since took his position in 2005, Xavier Nuttin main responsibility has been to provide advice and tailor made political analysis of Asian countries to the President of European Parliament and to parliamentary bodies such as the Foreign affairs committee, the Development committee and the Human Rights Committee. (*)
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