§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the United Kingdom representatives at the forthcoming European Union-Association of South-East Asian Nations summit in Singapore will raise the subject of(a) the situation in Burma and (b) relations between the EU, ASEAN, the United Kingdom and Burma. [13146]
§ Mr. HanleyThe agenda for the EU-ASEAN summit in Singapore has not yet been finalised. We expect that there will be discussion about Burma at some point during the summit.
§ Mr. MacShaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact of the accession of Burma to the Association of South-East Asian Nations on EU-Burma trade. [13149]
§ Mr. HanleyWe have not assessed the impact that this may have on EU-Burma trade because Burma has not yet been admitted as a full member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations, nor is it known when accession will take place.