The Deputy Secretary-General for ASEAN Economic Community Satvinder Singh, met the Ambassador of Norway to ASEAN Kjell Tormod Pettersen.
The ambassador discussed follow-ups on the Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee Meeting as well as the ASEAN-EFTA Joint Declaration on Cooperation. Furthermore, they discussed initiating negotiations for a new agreement on Practical Cooperation Areas.
The political and economic union ASEAN consists of Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand.
Source: Asean.org
