FUKUOKA -- It was Mahatma Gandhi who said friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name.
Journalists from Asia and Europe who took part in a recent symposium here probably walked away sharing this view after four days of discussions on issues that included whether and how cooperation among nations could lead to greater stability and prosperity in a globalizing world.
The 2004 EU-Japan-Asia Journalists Conference, co-organized by the Delegation of the European Commission in Japan and the Asia-Europe Foundation, expanded the traditional Japan-Europe forum launched in 1987 to include other parts of Asia. This effectively helped broaden the discussions, which touched on such topics as regional integration and economic development.