The 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, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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
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.
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
The 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, Cambodia on 30 April 1999, and Timor-Leste on 26 October 2025 making up what is today the eleven Member States of ASEAN.
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
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.
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
The Sixteenth East Asia Summit Energy Ministers Meeting (16th EAS EMM) was hosted virtually by Cambodia on 16 September 2022. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy of Cambodia. The Meeting was attended by EAS participating countries from ASEAN Member States, Aust
The Nineteenth ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting Plus Three (China, Japan, Korea) (19th AMEM+3) was held virtually on 16 September 2022. The Meeting was chaired by H.E Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy, Kingdom of Cambodia and co-chaired by H.E Mr. REN Jingdong, Vice Administrator, Nati
The 40th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) was hosted virtually by Cambodia on 15 September 2022. H.E Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy of Cambodia, chaired the Meeting. H.E. Arifin Tasrif, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia was the Vice Chair. The Dialogues with the
ASEAN Member States (AMS) and the Russian Federation met on 16 September 2022 for the Eleventh AEM-Russia Consultation. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, Cambodia and H.E. Vladimir Ilyichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, the Russian Federation
The Fourteenth Cambodia – Lao PDR – Myanmar – Viet Nam (CLMV) Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EMM) was held on 16 September 2022 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Nguyen Hong Dien, Minister of Industry and Trade, Viet Nam.
The Ministers noted the favourable
ASEAN Member States (AMS) and India met on 16 September 2022 for the 19th AEM – India Consultation. The Consultation was co-chaired by H.E. Pan Sorasak, Minister of Commerce, Kingdom of Cambodia and H.E. Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, India.
The Meeting noted t
