- We, the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and New Zealand, met on 28 October 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, under Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN Chairmanship, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue Relations.
- The ASEAN-New Zealand Leaders’ Commemorative Summit marks an important milestone in the ASEAN-New Zealand partnership, as the two sides share a strong legacy and have achieved significant progress over the past 50 years across a wide range of areas, including political, security, trade and economic, people-to-people, and development cooperation.
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