This ministerial-level meeting gathered 25 EU and Asian Foreign Ministers, who discussed the progress made since the first ASEM summit in March 1996 in Bangkok and scheduled the next summit for April 1998 in London. It was agreed, in relation to the question of enlargement, that Asian countries should decide on the accession of Asian countries and the EU should decide on the accession of European countries.
Negotiations concerning the accession of Australia and New Zealand are ongoing.
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