- ABOUT ASEANThe Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984, followed by Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.Menu
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ASEAN organs always strive to achieve ASEAN’s goals and objectives, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat shall be functioned as coordinating Secretariat to help facilitate effective decision-making withing and amongst ASEAN bodies. In addition, each Member State shall appoint a Permanent Representative to liaise with Secretary-General of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat
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ASEAN shall develop friendly relations and mutually beneficial dialogues, cooperation and partnerships with countries and sub-regional, regional and international organisations and institutions. This includes external partners, ASEAN entities, human rights bodies, non-ASEAN Member States Ambassadors to ASEAN, ASEAN committees in third countries and international organisations, as well as international / regional organisations.
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The rodmap for an ASEAN Community (2009-2015) was declared by the leaders in 2009. The ASEAN Community, anchored on three community pillars: Political-Security Community, Economic Community, Socio-Cultural Community was launched in 2015. The ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together was introduced in 2015 as a Post-2015 Vision. It comprises the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, the ASEAN Political-Security Community Blueprint 2025, the ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
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Day: September 13, 2021
Joint Media Statement of The Twenty-Fourth AEM Plus Three Consultations
ASEAN Member States (AMS), the People’s Republic of China (“China”), Japan and the Republic of Korea (“Korea”) met virtually on 13 September 2021 for the Twenty-Fourth ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Plus Three Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Dato Dr. Amin Liew Ab
Joint Press Statement of The Seventh ASEAN China Ministerial Meeting on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Cooperation
The Seventh ASEAN – China Ministerial Meeting on SPS Cooperation was held on 13 September 2021 through video conference. The Meeting was co-chaired by H.E. Wang Lingjun, Vice Minister of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC), and H.E Veng Sakhon, Mi
Joint Media Statement of The Second AEM Troika Open-Ended Dialogue with Switzerland Trade Minister
Economic Ministers from the ten ASEAN Member States and Switzerland (“The Meeting”) held a virtual meeting on 13 September 2021 for the 2nd ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) – Switzerland Dialogue. The Dialogue were co-chaired by H.E. Dato Dr. Amin Liew Abdullah, Minister at the Prime Minister
Joint Media Statement The Eighteenth AEM-ROK Consultations
ASEAN Member States and the Republic of Korea met virtually on 13 September 2021 for the Eighteenth AEM-ROK Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Dato Dr. Amin Liew Abdullah, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II, Brunei Darussalam and
Joint Statement on Further Enhancing Trade and Economic Cooperation at the 30th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations
20th AEM-MOFCOM Consultations13 September 2021
Since the establishment of dialogue relations between ASEAN and China in 1991, trade and economic relations have developed from strength to strength. According to preliminary ASEAN data, total merchandise trade between ASEAN and China reached US$ 516.
Joint Media Statement of The Twentieth AEM-MOFCOM Consultations
ASEAN Member States (AMS) and China met virtually on 13 September 2021 for the Twentieth AEM-MOFCOM Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Dato Dr. Amin Liew Abdullah, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II, Brunei Darussalam and H.E.







