HANOI, Oct. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Asian and European leaders on Saturday concluded their fifth ASEM summit here after reaffirming their desire to further push economic partnership, enhance cultural exchanges and increase political dialogues between the two continents.

    The leaders from 13 Asian and 25 European nations and the European Commission at the two-day meeting adopted the ASEM 5 Chairman's Statement and the Hanoi declarations on closer ASEM economic partnership and dialogue among cultures and civilizations.Enditem