All 10 Asean leaders will have a working lunch with US President Barack Obama at the Waldorf Hotel in New York on 24 September, according to an informed source.
But Brunei, Burma and Indonesia would be represented by their foreign ministers. At first, the proposed second Asean-US leaders' meeting held in the US was in limbo fearing that some of the Asean leaders might not be able to attend.
During the NY meeting, both sides are expected to set up an eminent person to study ways to promote bilateral relationship, the source said.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is scheduled to leaving for NY on 23 September for a series of meeting including an address at the UN General Assembly including a four-eye meeting with Pirme Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia..