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VOInews, Jakarta: Indonesia, as Chair of ASEAN 2023, will hold a series of ASEAN Ministerial Meeting/Post Ministerial Conference (AMM/PMC) meetings in Jakarta on July 11-14. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said the activity would be attended by 29 countries, the ASEAN Secretariat and the European Union.

"The attendance level at the Foreign Ministerial level is very high, regardless a few days before the meeting, there will be a NATO Ministerial meeting in Vilnius (Lithuania)," Retno said in a statement delivered in Jakarta, Friday (7/7).

As of Friday, 1,165 delegates and 493 journalists will attend the AMM/PMC series. Retno said that in the four-day meeting, 18 meetings and two trilateral meetings will be held.

"But of course, this number will continue to move, adjusted to the dynamics in the field and time allocation," she said.

The series of AMM/PMC meetings will begin with technical level meetings at the senior officials (SOM) and committee of state representatives (CPR) levels. According to Retno, from the entire meeting, the AMM/PMC will produce 12 documents as a result of the series of meetings.

"Negotiations are still ongoing until now and will certainly continue until the meeting takes place, including the Joint Communique of ASEAN Foreign Ministers reflecting various developments in ASEAN cooperation during the year, priorities for future cooperation and regional and global issues of concern to ASEAN," she explained. (VOI/Andy)