The Asean-eu dialogue relations were institutionalised with the signing of the asean-eec cooperation Agreement on March 1980, and eu has since become an important asean dialogue Partner

1.        The ASEAN-EU dialogue relations were formalised when the 10^th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM), which was held on 5-8 July 1977, agreed on ASEAN’s formal cooperation and relationship with the European Economic Community (EEC), which included the Council of Ministers of the EEC, the Permanent Representative of the EEC countries and the EEC Commission.

2.        The ASEAN-EU dialogue relations were institutionalised with the signing of the ASEAN-EEC Cooperation Agreement on 7 March 1980, and EU has since become an important ASEAN Dialogue Partner. The dialogue relations have rapidly grown and expanded to cover a wide range of areas, including political and security, economic and trade, social and cultural, and development cooperation.