KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The 39th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting (AMM), Post Ministerial Conferences (PMC) and 13th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) wound up 5-day meetings on Friday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after reaching a consensus on a number of regional and international issues.

    The one-day AMM meeting, with the theme of "Forging a United, Resilient and Integrated ASEAN," was attended by foreign ministers from the regional group comprising Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.

    They discussed a range of issues facing the group, which include the building of the ASEAN Community, regional security and anti-terrorist cooperation as well as international issues

    A joint communique issued at the end of the meeting said that ASEAN has made progress in moving towards the realization of the ASEAN Community by the year 2020, based on the three pillars namely the ASEAN Security Community, ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community.

    "We agreed that it was important for ASEAN to strengthen our integration efforts for all three pillars of the ASEAN Community," the communique said.

    The foreign ministers exchanged views during the meeting on how to bring forward the realization of the ASEAN Community from 2015 to 2020 and the possible ways of achieving this objective.

    In order to facilitate intra ASEAN travel and also to boost the tourism sector, people-to-people linkages and economic development among ASEAN member countries, the ASEAN foreign ministers signed at the end of the AMM meeting a Framework Agreement on Visa Exemption.

    The agreement exempts citizens of ASEAN member countries from visa requirements for a social visit of up to 14 days from the date of entry.

    The ASEAN foreign ministers expressed their commitment to intensifying cooperation in various fields with dialogue partners for the mutual benefit of the peoples and region.

    On international issues, the ASEAN foreign ministers issued a statement condemning all acts of terror, violence and destruction in the Middle East.

    The ministers called for an immediate ceasefire and urged the international community and the United Nations (UN) Security Council to get all parties in the conflict to adhere to the ceasefire under UN supervision with the participation of countries that are able to do so.

    The ASEAN foreign ministers also called for resumption of six-party talks to move forward in achieving a peaceful resolution of the Korean Peninsula issue. During Post Ministerial Conferences, foreign ministers from ASEAN member states had (10+3) meetings with foreign ministers from China, Japan and South Korea. ASEAN's 10 members also had dialogues separately with their partners, namely Australia, Canada, the European Union, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and the United States.

    They also held PMC 10+10 working lunch which was attended by foreign ministers or representatives from their Dialogue Partners, namely Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Canada, the European Union, the Russian Federation and the United States.

    The meetings discussed regional and international developments, in particular on energy security and disaster management and emergency response.