The 4th East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers Meeting was held on August 10, 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw. ERIA's efforts were mentioned in Paragraph 19, 21 and 22 in its Chairman's Statement as below. In addition, the Joint Communiqu� of the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting which was held on 8 August 2014 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, mentioned about ERIA 's activity.

Chairman's Statement of the 4th EAS Foreign Ministers Meeting

19. The Ministers welcomed the launching of the ASEAN Connectivity video clips on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Nay Pyi Taw. They also looked forward to the convening of the 5th ASEAN Connectivity Symposium and meetings with dialogue partners in September 2014 in Myanmar, which would realise the objectives of the proposed EAS Connectivity Forum to implement the 2011 EAS Declaration on Connectivity.

Trade and economic integration

21. The Ministers reiterated the importance of regulatory coherence in achieving regional economic integration. They noted the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia's (ERIA) contribution to this aim through its project on regulatory coherence and the regulatory cooperation workshop with APEC and EAS participants to be held alongside APEC's Economic Committee in August 2014 (both co-sponsored by Malaysia and New Zealand). The Ministers encouraged further work in this important area.

22. The Ministers recognised the role of ERIA in providing intellectual and analytical support to the Chair of the ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit and urged ERIA to continue with this role in coming years. We commended ERIA's resolve to continue to work for the realisation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), including through the support of RCEP negotiations, institutional and physical connectivity, energy and food security, SME empowerment, and strengthening regulatory management systems and business environments in the region. They also welcomed the statement of ERIA's 7th Governing Board Meeting issued on 30 May 2014.

Joint Communiqu� of the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting

76. We looked forward to the 5th ASEAN Connectivity Symposium with the theme "Catalysing Public-Private Partnerships to Finance ASEAN Connectivity" which would be held in Myanmar in September this year and the ACCC PPP Networking Forum: Towards an ASEAN PPP Agenda in Manila, the Philippines, on 16-17 December 2014. We noted the on-going work of the ASEAN-PPP Programme, the PPP Guidelines and the Scoping Study on Risk Mitigation Instruments towards building the capacity of ASEAN Member States in preparing and delivering PPP projects. We called for the continued support of Dialogue Partners, external parties and the private sector to contribute to the implementation of the MPAC.

Please click the following link to download or see the Chairman Statement of 4th EAS Foreign Ministers Meeting:

Chairmans Statement of 4th EAS Foreign Ministers Meeting

Please click the following link to download or see the Joint Communique of 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting:

Joint Communique of 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting