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 Honouvauble Qian QichenVice-Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China
ASEAN ColleaguesExcellenciesLadies and Gentlemen1. It is a pleasure for me to be here this morning to chair the 9+1 Session between ASEAN and China. We are honoured to be the host to this important annual meeting wh
Your Right Honourable Don McKinnon,Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand,Distinguished Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen,First of all on behalf of the ASEAN colleagues, may I extend our warm greetings to Your Excellency and your Delegation to this PMC Dialogue
Mr. Chairman,Distinguished delegates from the ASEAN member countries,It is a great pleasure for me to be here with you and have a discussion on the ROK-ASEAN Dialogue relations. This forum now with a new name of “nine plus one”, provides us with a valuable opportunity to look at the current sta
Your Excellency, Minister Yoo Chong-HaDistinguished MembersOf the Korean and ASEAN Delegations,Ladies and Gentlemen,1. On behalf of all my ASEAN colleagues, I have the pleasure to welcome our dear colleague, H.E. Yoo Chong-Ha, the Foreign Minister of the Republic Of Korea and the members of his del
Your Excellency Mr. Prachuab,Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand,Distinguished delegates,ASEAN, commemorating its thirtieth anniversary this year, began as a means to foster confidence among the countries within the region and to strengthen the national and regional resilience, a
Excellency,Distinguished Delegates,It is a great pleasure for me to extend, on behalf of my ASEAN colleagues a warm welcome to the co-chairman, His Excellency Yukihiko Ikeda, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan and his delegation to our annual ASEAN-Japan dialogue.ASEAN-Japan dialogue relationsTh
Prof Jayakumar, Excellencies and Friends,
We are meeting today against the backdrop of two momentous anniversaries the 50th year of India’s Independence and the 30th year of ASEAN. Our host country Malaysia too is celebrating 40 years of independence. As our nation reflects on the past
Mr Co-Chairman,Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemm1. On behalf of my ASFAN colleagues, I would like to warmly welcome His Excellency, the Minister of Finance of India, Mr Palaniappan Chidambaram, to Kuala Lumpur on the occasion of the 30th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting/Post Ministerial Conference.2. India
H.E. Lloyd AxworthyCo-Chairman,Distinguished Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen,The handling-over ceremony of three ASEAN-Canada Cooperation Projects namely, the ASEAN Institute of Forest Management (AIFM); ASEAN Forest Tree Seed Centre (AFTSC) and the ASEAN Fisheries Post Harvest Technology Project (A
Mr. Co-chairman,It is a pleasure to see you again and I hope you are enjoying your visit. May it also welcome Laos and Myamnr to our discussions for the first time. At the same time, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome your senior officials and express our appreciation once more for th
