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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 10.11 GMT |
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Sri Lanka hosts Asia Cooperation Dialogue |
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Sri
Lanka is
hosting
the 8th
Asia
Cooperation
Dialogue
(ACD)
Ministerial
Meeting
from 14
to 15
October.
The
theme of
this
year's
meeting
is
'Spirit
of Asia:
Global
Economic
Recovery
and
Development
Prospects'.
ACD
represents
one-
third of
the
world
population.
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa
will
inaugurate
the
meeting
scheduled
for 15th
October
2009.
Minister
of
Foreign
Affairs
will
Chair
the
Ministerial
Meeting.
Foreign
Ministers
from 31
countries
in Asia
including
Russia
and Iran
are due
to
attend.
The ACD
aims to
constitute
the
missing
link in
Asia by
incorporating
every
Asian
country
and
building
an Asian
community
without
duplicating
other
organizations
or
creating
a bloc
against
others.
A key
principle
is to
consolidate
Asian
strengths
and
fortify
Asia's
competitiveness
by
maximizing
the
diversity
and rich
resources
evident
in Asia.
The core
values
of the
ACD are
positive
thinking,
informality,
voluntarism,
non-
institutionalization,
openness,
respect
for
diversity,
the
comfort
level of
member
countries
and the
evolving
nature
of the
ACD
process.
Sri
Lanka
gained
ACD
membership
in 2003.
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