十月7日,亚欧会议在越南河内举行扩大仪式,柬埔寨、老挝、缅甸与今年5月份加入欧盟的波兰、捷克、匈牙利等国被接纳为亚欧会议新成员。这是亚欧会议自1996年召开以来初次进行扩大,其成员数目由26个增加到39个,人口总数达到24亿,国内生产总值超越了全球的一半。
从7日起,来自亚洲13个国家及欧洲25国的政府与企业界代表就促进双方贸易、金融、投资及旅游业展开了讨论,同时关于禁止朝鲜半岛核试验一事也是要紧议题之一。外电报道如下:The fifth Asia-Europe Meeting will open in Hanoi, Vietnam with the participation1 of 39 leaders, including the President Roh Moo-hyun. Holding summit talks three times on Friday and Saturday, the leaders will announce the results in the form of a chairman's declaration. In the declaration is expected to be included the support of participating nations for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue. Denuclearization是denuclearize的名词形式,表示使非核武器化;禁止核武器生成或试验;撤除核武器。