Dubai -- The finance ministers of the 10-nation grouping, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), urged 160 investors from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to invest in the region to make it their food basket, amid global concerns of food security. The ministers were in Dubai to attend the 5th Asean Finance Ministers Investor Seminar, which ended on Wednesday. Asean comprises the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos. The Asean member-countries, with a combined population of 570 million, are urging the GCC to invest in food production, food processing and food distribution, instead of being simply at the receiving end. Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Asean Secretary-General, said the region is a production base for food, including rice, bean, soya...
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