{"id":1089,"date":"2017-01-28T15:42:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T08:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2017-04-09T15:42:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T08:42:24","slug":"press-statement-by-the-president-of-the-european-council-herman-van-rompuy-following-the-10th-asem-summit-milan-16-17-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/en\/archives\/1089","title":{"rendered":"Press statement by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy following the 10th ASEM Summit &#8211; Milan 16-17 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Let me start by thanking Prime Minister Renzi and all his team wholeheartedly for hosting the 10th\u00a0ASEM Summit in Milan. Italy has done a wonderful job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have just concluded our Summit &#8211; a major gathering of Asian and European leaders that\u00a0occurs every second year. With more than 50 leaders in Milan and two new countries, Croatia and\u00a0Kazakhstan joining, ASEM is showing its significance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are meeting in challenging times. Europe is working hard to overcome one of its most serious\u00a0crisis in decades. We deepened the Economic and Monetary Union. The European Union is\u00a0actively engaged in re-gaining economic growth and jobs based on private and public investment.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the European security environment has undergone profound changes. The\u00a0conflict in Ukraine has not yet found a political solution. And in our Southern borders instability\u00a0pervades across the Middle East, extending into Northern Africa and the Sahel.<\/p>\n<p>Our Asian partners are also confronted with challenges of their own, for some linked to the opening\u00a0up their economies and societies or to the search of solutions to regional disputes. Both regions\u00a0also face global challenges, such as climate change and are affected by non-traditional threats\u00a0including extremism and terrorism. In such circumstances our bi-regional partnership, expressed\u00a0here today in the shape of the ASEM Summit, becomes more relevant than ever. And we have\u00a0seen this in our sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Connectivity, linking our countries and our continents through means of transportation, but also\u00a0through all means of communication, in particular digital communication, has been at the heart of\u00a0our exchanges. It is about bringing our societies, our companies closer together, facilitating trade\u00a0and investment, promoting the exchange of ideas and transfer of information and knowledge. We\u00a0will all become more spiritually and materially prosperous through these exchanges. A number of\u00a0important initiatives are underway. We have to encourage synergies. Europe needs Asia&#8217;s growth\u00a0to jump-start its economy. Asia needs European markets, investment, technology.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpressocm.gov.kh%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F04%2F2014-10-17-Press-statement-by-the-President-of-the-European-Council-Herman-Van-Rompuy-following-the-10th-ASEM-Summit-Milan-16-17-October-145157.pdf&hl=en_US&embedded=true\" class=\"gde-frame\" style=\"width:100%; height:983px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<p class=\"gde-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pressocm.gov.kh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2014-10-17-Press-statement-by-the-President-of-the-European-Council-Herman-Van-Rompuy-following-the-10th-ASEM-Summit-Milan-16-17-October-145157.pdf\" class=\"gde-link\">Download (PDF, 58KB)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let me start by thanking Prime Minister Renzi and all his team wholeheartedly for hosting the 10th ASEM Summit in Milan. 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