A meeting of energy ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus China, Japan and South Korea (ASEAN+3) officially kicked off in Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay on July 29.
The meeting, which came after the ASEAN+3 Senior Officials Meeting on Energy on Tuesday, will be followed by another 3rd East Asia Summit Energy Ministers' Meeting (EAS-EMM).
The 6th ASEAN+3 Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM+3) is attended by Vice Minister of National Energy Administration Liu qifrom the Chinese side.
The AMEM+3 will highlight cooperation on building oil reserve system in the region to cope with increasing demand for oil in the Asian region and rising oil prices in the future.
A working level talk of the ASEAN will also take place with the three East Asian countries to work out their respective countries' plan to build up oil reserves.
Delegates attend the 6th ASEAN+3 (China,Japan,Korea) Ministers on Energy Meeting in Mandalay, city of Myanmar, July 29, 2009. The 6th ASEAN+3 (China,Japan,Korea) Ministers on Energy Meeting and the 3rd East Asia Summit of Energy Ministers' Meeting kicked off on July 29.
The 5th AMEM+3 meeting was held in Thailand's Bangkok in August last year.
