The 15th Asean summit will be held during October 23-25 in Phuket. To participate in the summit were 16 leaders of Asean and dialogue partners countries, UN Secretary General and executives of international economic and financial organizations.

Kasit added that he informed a meeting of Asean foreign ministers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia recently that Thailand was ready to organise Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Post Ministerial Conference (PMC) and Asean Regional Forum (ARF) between July 16 and 23 in Phuket.

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Education Minister Jurin Laksanawisit was confident that Thailand would be ready to host the 4th ASEAN Education Ministers Conference in Phuket.

Mr. Jurin said after chairing a meeting of ASEAN Education Ministers Conference organizing committees that Phuket would be ready to host the 44th Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council Conference (SEAMEC) and the 4th ASEAN Education Ministers Conference from April 6-8. The Minister believed Phuket was ready to host the international conferences which would help boost tourism in Andaman provinces.

The theme for the conferences are education for all goal, the solving of school dropouts, education for the underprivileged, the disabled, homeless children, children at the border and stateless children.

Mr. Jurin added that during the conferences, Thailand would hold bilateral meetings with Bruneian and Indonesian Education Ministers which might lead to MOUs on Education, to be concluded under the framework of ASEAN cooperation.

Source: National News Bureau of Thailand

During the ASEAN + 3 Finance Ministers meeting in Phuket, the Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva made a short day trip visit and had a luncheon discussion,
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PHUKET, THAILAND - Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda met with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on the sidelines of the Special ASEAN +3 Finance Ministers Meeting in Phuket on Sunday. They discussed the impact of the global financial crisis on the Asian economy and cooperation between ADB and Thailand.

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