About ASEP
The Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership (ASEP) Meeting is part of the overall Asia-Europe partnership process. It serves as a forum for interparliamentary contacts, exchanges and diplomacy among parliaments, and to promote mutual understanding among the people and countries of Asia and Europe. ASEP meetings shall normally be convened on a regular bi-annual basis alternately in Asia and in Europe before the ASEM Summit.
ASEP Members (38):
Rule 1 of the Rules of Procedure of ASEP stipulates that: “In principle, members of ASEP shall be national parliaments from all ASEM member countries, and the European Parliament. The membership of the national parliaments from countries joining ASEM after the adoption of the present Rules of Procedure shall become effective once confirmed by the subsequent ASEP meeting.”
Currently, ASEP has 38 members as follows:
1. Member Countries in Asia (12): Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
2. Member Countries in Europe (25): Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom
3. European Parliament
ASEP Meetings:
ASEP I: August, 1996, Strasbourg, France
ASEP II: August, 2002, Manila, Philippines