The Ministers Responsible for Information in ASEAN and the Plus 3 countries, namely, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), held their first meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 6 November 2009. The meeting, known as the First Conference of AMRI+3, was preceded by the ASEAN+3 Senior Officials Meeting for the First Conference of AMRI+3 on 4 November 2009.
