Mr. Nick DeMare reports

EAST WEST PETROLEUM ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ANNUAL & SPECIAL MEETING

East West Petroleum Corp.'s annual and special meeting of shareholders was held today. Shareholders re-elected Nick DeMare, Mark T. Brown and Kevin William Haney as directors of the company. The shareholders also passed all other resolutions including an ordinary resolution to approve a new stock option plan, pursuant to which the company may grant stock options up to 10 per cent of its issued and outstanding common shares at the time of the grant.

Following the meeting, the board appointed Mr. DeMare as interim chief executive officer and corporate secretary of the company and Harvey Lim as interim chief financial officer. Mr. DeMare, Mr. Brown and Mr. Haney were appointed to the audit committee.

About East West Petroleum Corp.

East West is a TSX Venture Exchange-listed company established in 2010 to invest in international oil and gas opportunities. The company has its primary focus on two key areas: New Zealand, where it has established production and cash flow, and Romania, where it is carried to production on an exploration program. In Romania, the company has exploration rights in four exploration concessions covering one million acres in the prolific Pannonian basin of western Romania with Naftna Industrija Srbije. The company does not own the acres but has exploration rights