For instance, Australia and New Zealand had Japan intercede on their behalf with a request to attend the summit. But this was fiercely opposed by their staunch adversary Malaysia, which demanded that Australia and New Zealand should "first decide whether they are Asian countries."
像澳大利亞和紐西蘭就透過日本說項，希望加入亞歐高峰會，卻遭死對頭馬來西亞的強烈反對，要澳、紐「先決定自己是不是亞洲國家」。