ASEM finance ministers pledge regional economic teamwork

ASEM finance ministers pledge regional economic teamwork

KOBE, Japan - Asian and European finance ministers pose for photographers after wrapping up two days of talks Jan. 14 at a hotel in Kobe's Chuo Ward. The ministers from the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) reached an agreement to strengthen regional economic and monetary cooperation to prevent a recurrence of the currency crisis that jolted Asia in 1997 and 1998.

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