12th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (ASEM FMM12) was hosted on 5-6 November at Luxembourg City by the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and chaired by Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
The meeting was attended by the largest collection of foreign ministers and their deputies outside the UN General Assembly (30 European and 21 Asian). The summit was opened formally by HRH Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg accompanied by his foreign minister, Jean Asselborn.
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Amongst the prominent attendees were the German chief of diplomacy Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier accompanied by German ambassador to Luxembourg, Christine Gläser, Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi accompanied by the chargé d’affaires at the mission of Indonesia to the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg (based in Brussels), Minister Ignacio Hardojo, Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in the company of the Imperial top envoy to Luxembourg, Ambassador Atsuko Nishimura.
Moreover Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders with the Dutch ambassador Petrus Wouterus Kok and its Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders with the Royal ambassador to Luxembourg, Thomas Antoine.