AEC pushed back 12 months

19 November 2012
Bangkok Post
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Asean leaders have decided to delay the launch of the Asean Economic Community (AEC) for 12 months from Jan 1 to Dec 31, 2015 to prepare the necessary regulations. Lao deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Thongloun Sisoulith told the Bangkok Post that Asean leaders have agreed the AEC could be launched on Dec 31, 2015. … Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called in his opening speech for a timely implementation of programmes and plans of action to build the AEC and promote connectivity. “To achieve this objective, we need to encourage Asean ministers to formulate necessary policy measures to be implemented before 2015 in key areas,” he said. …

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