Asian Waters–Lancang Mekong Leaders’ Meeting 2016

The first Lancang Mekong Cooperation Leaders’ meeting was held on March 23, 2016 in Sanya on China’s Hainan Island. Leaders from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam as well as China attended. The purpose of the meeting was to promote economic and social development and support the ASEAN community. All parties involved have an important stake in the management of the Mekong River, (called Lancang in China) which begins in the Tibetan plateau and flows through the six countries represented, finally emptying into the South China Sea.

The meeting was designed to promote cooperation in a full menu of areas (See Sanya Declaration for complete details). Such targets include:

  • Promoting high-level exchanges
  • Promote dialogue between parliaments, government officials defense and law
  • Enhance cooperation against terrorism, trans-national crime, and disasters
  • Advance China-ASEAN cooperation

At the meeting China offered the Southeast Asian countries 10 billion Yuan ($1.54 billion) in loans over a three-year period. It was also agreed that the Leaders’ Meeting should be held every two years, and that the venue for the next meeting would be Cambodia.

Sanya Declaration, China MOFA: http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_662805/t1350039.shtml

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